[mapserver-users] gMap query not showing results

[Stephen Woodbridge]

You may already know this, but there are 2 conditions that must be met
to do gueries with the gmap code.

1) you must have a TEMPLATE line in the LAYER section
   this is a requirement of mapserver, I use "TEMPLATE void" in my files
2) you must have a METADATA section like:

METADATA
 "attribute field name1" "results column header1"
 "attribute field name2" "results column header2"
  ...
END

If you don't have both, then you will not get back query results.
Also, for the query function, you can click OR drag a window with the
rosa applet.

I think if you click, you get back a SINGLE result, and a window drag
gives you multiple results. I could be wrong on this point, but this is
how mine behaves.

-Steve

"Van Ulden, Joost" wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> We are using the gMap GMapDumpQueryResults() function and it is not
> returning the field values from the shapefile.  Mapserver finds the point
> because we do ot get the "no results" response.  Additionally, we cannot get
> the query map to work for the same shapefile.  The shape file is dynamic.
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joost van Ulden
> Data Integration Specialist
> GSC-Pacific Division
> 101-605 Robson St.
> Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3
> 604.666.7525
> jvanulde at nrcan.gc.ca