[Mapserver-users] TEXT expression and MAPMYGIS

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Alan,

Try TEXT ([f_ID],[f_NEIGHBORHOOD]) instead of 
      TEXT "([f_ID],[f_NEIGHBORHOOD])" so the string is evaluated.

-Steve

On 12 Sep 2003 at 1:49, Alan Steremberg wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I built a simple database with points, and a bunch of fields that will
> eventually have weather data. (If you go to:
> http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/San_Francisco.html  scroll to the
> bottom and click on the MSN map, you will see what I am trying to
> build)
> 
> I would like to pull two fields out of the database, like:
> 
> f_ID and f_NEIGHBORHOOD
> 
> If i put it in the LABELITEM as above, it works and I get lots of
> weather stations.  If i try to create the expression below, it just
> prints the text ([f_ID],[f_NEIGHBORHOOD]) on the map without
> evaluating it.  The other thing I don't understand is that it has to
> be TYPE ANNOTATION not TYPE POINT.  what am I doing wrong?
> 
> 
> LAYER
>     CONNECTIONTYPE mygis
>     NAME "pws"
>     CONNECTION "g7:wui:Phishy:geodata:num"
>     DATA "geometry from pws feature, pws_num geometry"
>     STATUS DEFAULT
>     #TYPE POINT
>     TYPE ANNOTATION
>     LABELITEM "f_NEIGHBORHOOD"
>     #LABELITEM "f_ID"
>     LABELCACHE TRUE
>     CLASS
>         NAME "Weather Station"
>     #   TEXT "([f_ID],[f_NEIGHBORHOOD])"
>         #TEXT "(A,B)"
>         SYMBOL "marker"
>         COLOR 0 0 0
>         LABEL
>             TYPE TRUETYPE
>             FONT "verdana-bold"
>             SIZE 8
>             #POSITION UC
>             POSITION AUTO
>             OFFSET 0 10
>             BUFFER 2
>             COLOR 200 0 0
>             OUTLINECOLOR 230 230 230
>             FORCE TRUE
>         END
>     END
> END
> 
> Thanks!
> Alan
> ----------------------------
>  Alan Steremberg
>  415-543-5021 x 103
>  http://www.wunderground.com
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