[Mapserver-users] item query with v3.7/4.0

[Randy James]

Hi

I believe your qstring must be a valid regex expression.
using whatever version of regex you have on your machine.

try /31/

Hope this helps

--- Liz Godwin <godwinl at agr.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using Mapserver 3/7/4.0 and attempting to display the
> results of an item query.  I'm using the CGI version, and
> sending the request via the URL.  The result is that the
> first record in the table is selected and zoomed into,
> not the record queryied for.
> 
> The data is a polygon shapefile.  The URL string is:
>
http://hostname/cgi-bin/mapserv?mode=itemquery&qlayer=mapsheet&qitem=SHEET&qstring=31f&mapext=shapes
> 
> In the map file, the layer is set up like this, however I
> have also triied removing the filter and filteritem
> elements:
> LAYER
>   NAME "mapsheet"
>   TYPE polygon
>   STATUS DEFAULT
>   DATA "cliiwms"
>   TEMPLATE cli.html
>   FILTERITEM "SHEET"
>   FILTER "%sheetno%" 
>   CLASSITEM 'cli_ag'
>   CLASS
>     NAME mapsheet
>     COLOR 220 219 190
>     OUTLINECOLOR 156 156 156
>   END #CLASS
>   PROJECTION
>     "init=epsg:42304"
>   END
> END #LAYER
> 
> I cannot figure out why this is not working well, plus
> I'd also like clarification on FILTERITEM and FILTER in
> the map file.  Are they needed or not needed for queries?
>  
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> 
> Liz Godwin
> 
> Canadian Soil Information System (CanSIS),
> Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
> 
> 
> 
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