[mapserver-users] bug (memory leak?)

[Daniel Morissette]

> jason wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> I am using the MapServer 3.5.1 on Win2000 as WMS server. I config the
> mapfile to use mapinfo .TAB data via OGR. The "GetMap" works fine with
> the scales less than 1:500,000 (say, 1:1000,000). But it fails for
> scales bigger than 1:500,000 (say 1:300,000) . It will use up all
> system memory (up to 2GB) and then fail. It seems that there is a
> memory leaking problem. Does anyone have similar problem or know how
> to fix it?
> 

Jason,

A similar problem has been fixed in the TAB driver in OGR not long ago 
(an infinite loop combined with a memory leak).  I think you should try
again with a mapserv.exe built with the latest version of GDAL/OGR from
CVS.  

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