[mapserver-users] MapServer DBF Filename corruption ????

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Do you use a tileindex? If yes, then check the contents to make sure
that it is not corrupted.

-Steve W.

"Doyon, Jean-Francois" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a few mapfiles that are giving a headache, and here's the error
> message I get :
> 
> msOpenSHPFile(): Unable to access file. (X-/@X-/@.dbf)
> 
> Problem is, as you might guess, I have no such file name used in the
> mapfile!
> 
> Here are the DATA entries of the mapfile:
> 
>   DATA ocean
>   DATA te1867_p
>   DATA hdr15_p
>   DATA hdr15_a
>   DATA hdr60_p
>   DATA hdr60_a
>   DATA te1867_p
>   DATA te1867_t
> 
> Funny thing is I have a bunch of MapFiles that give me that exact same
> error! They all cover the same topic and probably have shapefiles in common.
> 
> So I guess this problem comes from corrupt shpefiles or something, but I'm
> not understanding why this would happen ... If someone (Steve, Daniel) could
> explain to me how MapServer comes to this point, maybe I'd have a better
> chance of figuring out what the problem is ...
> 
> Help?
> 
> Thanks a bunch !
> 
> Jean-François Doyon
> Internet Service Development and Systems Support
> GeoAccess Division
> Canadian Center for Remote Sensing
> Natural Resources Canada
> http://atlas.gc.ca
> Phone: (613) 992-4902
> Fax: (613) 947-2410