mapserver error with wms layer [solved]

[Lluís Garcia i Mestres]

Thanks Bart,

I got it! With the wms_exception_format it works now.

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Lluís Garcia i Mestres
Àrea de Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica
lluisgarcia at tecnics.org
Tecnics.org - Centre tecnològic i solucions integrals
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25005 Lleida - Catalunya

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eijnden, B. van den (Bart)" <b.vdeijnden at AGI.RWS.MINVENW.NL>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error with wms layer


> Hi,
>
> Looking at the source code (mapwmslayer.c), using Mapserver 4.8 you should
> be able to use the wms_exceptions_format METADATA at the LAYER level to
> override the exception format that Mapserver WMS client sends.
>
> So use:
>
> LAYER
>  ..
>  METADATA
>    ..
>    wms_exceptions_format "application/vnd.ogc.se_xml"
>    ..
>  END
>  ..
> END
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: UMN MapServer Users List
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]Namens Xavier Pereta
> Verzonden: woensdag 28 december 2005 11:50
> Aan: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Onderwerp: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error with wms layer
>
>
> I'm having the same problem with that provider, Lluis.
>
> It seems that Mapserver includes the parameter
> "EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage" at the end of the request, and
> the provider doesn't like that parameter.
>
> I have searched the documentation but I haven't found a way to change the
> way Mapserver generates the actual requests to the wms servers.
>
> I think that a possible solution would be to make the connection to the 
> wms
> provider trhough a HTTP proxy. Then you could make the proxy filter out 
> the
> "EXCEPTIONS" parameter from the HTTP requests.
>
> Incidentaly, caching the requests to the wms provider in an HTTP proxy 
> seems
> a good idea too, doesn't it?
>
> Have you found any other solution?
>
> Greetings,
> Xavier Pereta
>
>
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