[Mapserver-users] WFS client tempor ary files

[Hatcher Matthew]

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

This'll teach me for posting a vague query - posting the wrong error
message. Sorry!

The actual error is:
msHTTPExecuteRequests(): HTTP request error. Can't open output file
c:\Program Files\Apache
Group\Apache2\htdocs\tmp\\http___localhost_path_to_wfs_servlet_CONFIG_config
uration.cfg_SERVICE_WFS_VERSION_1_0_0_TYPENAME_geographic_global_rivers_REQU
EST_GetFeature_BBOX__73_955808__1_637206_47_955808_79_637206.tmp.gml

Now, this error only occurs with a long url (i.e. the /localhost/path_to_wfs
bit which is rather long) - if I shorten this then I don't get the error.
This seems to be a MapServer thing, rather than a browser thing.

Any other ideas?

Matt.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed McNierney [mailto:ed at topozone.com]
Sent: 13 January 2004 16:57
To: Hatcher Matthew; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] WFS client temporary files


Matt -

My first guess is that you're barking up the wrong tree, at least as far
as blaming Windows.  Any URI length limit is likely to be imposed by
your client.  You don't say what browser you're using - I can only find
references to an "HTTPOpenFile" function in the Catalyst SocketTools
library, and you might want to read this article on how to handle that
tool's 511-character limitation:

http://www.catalyst.com/cgi-bin/knowbase.cgi?action=view&docid=100199

Unless, of course, *I'm* barking up the wrong tree.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Hatcher Matthew [mailto:MJHATCHER at qinetiq.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:14 AM
To: 'mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu'
Subject: [Mapserver-users] WFS client temporary files

Hi all,

I'm using the WFS client feature of Mapserver in order to use Mapserver
to render my geodata.

The URL I have to connect to is rather long and I seem to be
experiencing a problem with that. The entire URL string forms the
filename of the .tmp.gml file in my /tmp/ folder, and this seems to be
too long for Windows to handle
- over 255 characters long.

The result is that I get a "HTTPOpenFile" error in my browser window.
Exactly the same query with a shorter URL works fine.

Am I barking up the wrong tree or is this a fair diagnosis? If so, any
suggestions for fixing it, other than the obvious of using a shorter
URL?
;-)

Cheers, Matt.


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