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

[Doyon, Jean-Francois]

OK, it turns out it was a missing DBF file, only it took me a hwile to
figure out which one!

Seems to me having the proper file name would've helped :)

Steve, this is a severely upgraded RH6.2 on Intel, with Mapserver 3.6 from
CVS, not more than 2 or 3 days old ...

Thanks,
J.F.

-----Original Message-----
From: Doyon, Jean-Francois [mailto:Jean-Francois.Doyon at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:03 PM
To: 'Stephen Woodbridge'
Cc: 'mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu'
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] MapServer DBF Filename corruption ????


Nope, that's not it I'm pretty sure ... I don't have any such things
defined.

Just straightforward shapefiles so far as I know ... I'll have to check with
the data provider, but since there's a 99.9999% chance those are just
regular shapefiles ...

thanks,
J.F.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Woodbridge [mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:22 AM
To: Doyon, Jean-Francois
Cc: 'mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu'
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer DBF Filename corruption ????


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