can this be done? {Scanned}

[Siki Zoltan]

Hi,

You can join to tables for queriing purpose in mapserver :(
It is not usefull to create thematic maps.
You can choose between two solutions.

1. Join the database tables using MapInfo or other GIS software to
   create a new mapinfo TAB. This is a poor solution if the data are
   updated in the separate GIS, RDBMS environment
2. Write a program/script to join your data and run it as offen as
   neccessary (using cron on linux or scheduled task on win32).

Bye,
Zoltan 

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Artur Skalski wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> I've got quite intersting problem to solve, and I was wondering if You dear
> Mapserver users coudl help me a bit.
> 
> The issue looks like this:
> 
> I've got Mapinfo point layer with ID information (and only ID), and I've got
> other informations describing those points in databese, like mysql or
> oracle, whatever.... my question is can I somehow join those informations
> and create thematic map? Can i get infos for creating thematic map in
> mapfile from diferent place than geometry, or maybe should this be done
> dinamicaly using php, any way how mapfile should look like?
> 
> Do you have any clues how to solve it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Regards
> 
> Artur
>