[Mapserver-users] setFilter expression error

[Nick Petersen-Bergeron]

Hmmm....the documentation on the mapserver site still has it using 
setFilter.  I did try changing the query to your method, but got a syntax 
error.  If this has changed, does anyone know the proper syntax?

Nick

At 11:07 PM 8/18/2003 +0100, Armin Burger wrote:
>Nick,
>
>this method has changed in MS 4:
>
>You don't use any more the setFilter() and put everything into the
>queryByAttributes() function. Should be something like
>
>$countyLayer->queryByAttributes('NAME','leflore', $mapscript::MS_SINGLE);
>
>(I believe the query item has to be in upper case for shapefiles and
>without the brackets)
>
>This way I think you cannot use any longer more than one query item.
>
>Armin
>
>
> > I'm trying to run a queryByAttribute on a layer.  I've set up the
>following
> > filter expression:
>
> > $countyLayer->setFilter("('[Name]' = 'leflore')");
>
> > searching for the string leflore.
> > I then run the queryByAttributes;
>
> > $countyLayer->queryByAttributes($map,$mapscript::MS_SINGLE);
>
> > This produces the following error:
> > Mon Aug 18 16:17:06 2003 - msyyparse(): Expression parser error. parse
>error
> > Mon Aug 18 16:17:06 2003 - msQueryByAttributes(): Search returned no
> > results. No matching record(s) found.
>
> > However, I can't really see anything wrong with my expression.  I'm
>using
> > mapscript 4.0.  Any ideas?
>
> > Nick Petersen-Bergeron
> > System Administrator
>
> > ZedX Inc.
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Nick Petersen-Bergeron
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