mapserver error with wms layer [solved]

[Bart van den Eijnden]

I have added a note at the bottom of the WMS Client Howto since this 
seems to be an undocumented feature:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_client/howto_view

Jeff, as the maintainer of the doc, could you make sure it ends up in 
the document? Thanks.

Best regards,
Bart

Eijnden, B. van den (Bart) wrote:

>Hi Lluís,
>
>don't thank me, thank Daniel Morissette who implemented this feature :-)
>
>Glad to help.
>
>Best regards,
>Bart
>
>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: Lluís Garcia i Mestres [mailto:lluisgarcia at tecnics.org]
>Verzonden: woensdag 28 december 2005 13:55
>Aan: Eijnden, B. van den (Bart); MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Onderwerp: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error with wms layer
>[solved]
>
>
>Thanks Bart,
>
>I got it! With the wms_exception_format it works now.
>
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>----- 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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