[Mapserver-users] JOIN problem

Randy James rjames57 at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 14 13:50:16 EDT 2004


Hi Rebecca

I know a bit about regex but there are people on the list
that know way more than me so i am forwarding your email to
the list. Its a good idea to reply to the list rather than
the person who is try to give a bit of advice; that way the
whole list can give feedback.

Randy

--- Rebecca Colwell <colwell at geog.umn.edu> wrote:
> Hey Randy,
> 
> I'm struggling to understand how to make things work that
> I didn't come 
> across in the tutorial.  Would you mind breaking down the
> terms regex 
> and filter a bit for me, and maybe give me an example of
> what you mean? 
>   I'm experiencing that newbie/lost feeling (I've been
> trying to figure 
> this out on my own for the last few days).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ~Becky
> 
> PS  Should I continue sending this dialog to the whole
> list or just you? 
>   I'm new with listserv etiquette too.
> 
> Randy James wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > That it is not a join problem but maybe a regex problem
> or
> > something else with the filter.
> > 
> > Randy
> > 
> > --- Rebecca Colwell <colwell at geog.umn.edu> wrote: > Hey
> > Randy,
> > 
> >>Yes, it displays my US shapefile when I comment out
> that
> >>line.  What 
> >>does this tell you?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >>~Becky
> >>
> >>Randy James wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi
> >>>
> >>>Will it work if you do not filter it by 'Disfchmt_R' ?
> >>>
> >>>Randy
> >>>--- Rebecca Colwell <colwell at geog.umn.edu> wrote: >
> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I'm trying to work through building one of my first
> >>
> >>.map
> >>
> >>>>files, and have 
> >>>>hit a wall.  I can't seem to figure out how to do a
> >>>>one-to-one join.  I 
> >>>>keep getting the error messages:
> >>>>
> >>>>msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw
> layer
> >>>>named 'states'.
> >>>>msDBFGetItemIndex(): DBASE file error. Item
> >>
> >>'Disfchmt_R'
> >>
> >>>>not found.
> >>>>
> >>>>I triple checked the .dbf I'm trying to join, and
> that
> >>
> >>is
> >>
> >>>>the name of 
> >>>>the attribute field I want to access.
> >>>>
> >>>>Below is my short bit of code so far.  I would be so
> >>>>thankful if anyone 
> >>>>could guide me in the right direction on how to get
> it
> >>
> >>to
> >>
> >>>>work.
> >>>>
> >>>>~Becky
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>MAP
> >>>>  IMAGETYPE      PNG24
> >>>>  EXTENT         -2153561.581984760 4847233.565621579
> >>>>2641846.236294404 
> >>>>-6178805.564371807
> >>>>  SIZE           800 500
> >>>>  SHAPEPATH      "data"
> >>>>  IMAGECOLOR     203 201 226
> >>>>
> >>>>  PROJECTION
> >>>>    "proj=laea"
> >>>>    "ellps=clrk66"
> >>>>    "lat_0=45"
> >>>>    "lon_0=-100"
> >>>>  END
> >>>>
> >>>>  # Start of LAYER DEFINITIONS 
> >>>>---------------------------------------------
> >>>>  LAYER # States polygon layer begins here
> >>>>    NAME         states
> >>>>    DATA         STATES
> >>>>    STATUS       DEFAULT
> >>>>    TYPE         POLYGON
> >>>>
> >>>>    PROJECTION
> >>>>      "init=epsg:4326"
> >>>>    END
> >>>>
> >>>>    JOIN
> >>>>    	NAME 	"Felon Ethnicity"
> >>>>	TABLE	"data/FelonEthnicity.dbf"
> >>>>	FROM 	"STATE_NAME"
> >>>>	TO 	"STATE"
> >>>>    	TYPE 	single
> >>>>    END #Join
> >>>>
> >>>>    CLASS
> >>>>	NAME "<21%"
> >>>>	EXPRESSION ('[Disfchmt_R]' <= .021)
> >>>>	COLOR 242 240 247
> >>>>	OUTLINECOLOR 200 200 200
> >>>>      COLOR        232 232 232
> >>>>      OUTLINECOLOR 32 32 32
> >>>>    END
> >>>>
> >>>>  END # States polygon layer ends here
> >>>>  # End of LAYER DEFINITIONS
> >>>>-------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>>END # end of map file/object
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >
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