[Mapserver-users] Itemquery question from a newbie

[coldwell at csptexas.com]

Thanks for your response. 

The answer is I hope so. I have used mapext=shapes in the URL, and that works
in the Itasca demo.


On 9/9/2003, "Richard Greenwood" <Rich at GreenwoodMap.com> wrote:

>At 07:18 PM 9/8/2003 -0600, you wrote:
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>>Are there special requirements for a shapefile used for an itemquery?
>>
>>I have a polygon shapefile which in the dbf has an attribute name of
ACCT_.
>>The attribute is a unique geo_id which is a string beginning with 'R'.
Though
>>I can display this information as a LABELITEM, and with a conventional
query
>>cause the polygon to be highlighted on a querymap, an itemquery with this
>>data returns the message
>>
>>msQueryByAttributes(): Search returned no results. No matching record(s)
>>found, layer and area of interest do not overlap.
>>
>>The performance is similar in both Mapserver 3.6 and 4.0 with appropriate
>>changes in the query procedure. (I of course prefer the 4.0 style.)
>>
>>The map files and query url seem OK, since the map file works for zooming
and
>>click queries. And with appropriate file, layer, and column name changes
the
>>map and templates work as I want them to with the Itasca demo data. But
they
>>won't work with my local data!
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>Is the polygon within the extents that you have defined in your map file?
>
>Rich
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>Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
>Greenwood Mapping, Inc.
>Rich <at> GreenwoodMap <dot> com
>(307) 733-0203
>http://www.GreenwoodMap.com
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