[Mapserver-users] Mapserver/Mapscript and MySQL 4

[Matthew Smith]

Hi All

I have an application where I need to:
* Create a layer from a shapefile
* Create an overlying layer of data from a database query.

I am using MySQL 4.0.x, so MyGIS mentioned in the Wiki is out, although 
it would have been the preferred solution.

I guess that means that I'll have to generate everything with Mapscript 
instead - no real hardship since I do just about everything else in Perl.

Can anyone point me at an example similar to what I'm trying to achieve 
(one layer from a shapefile, one from DBI)?

Is using two layer sources like this a reasonable approach, or should I 
just dump all my shapefiles into MySQL?  I've considered this but feel 
that it could be a little awkward as this version of MySQL does not 
appear to have native GIS support - my current data structures can 
already hold point data, but my "bottom layer" is all polygons.

I'm running Mapserver 3.6.6, Perl 5.8 on Linux.

TIA for any advice.

Cheers

M

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Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia
http://www.kbc.net.au