Map file content partially or completely read from database

[Carlo Tronnberg]

MAPSERVER-USERS Digest - 23 Apr 2006 to 24 Apr 2006 (#2006-114)Dear List!

I got the task to implement a web user management system where each user can access a customized map server and modify some of the map settings.
There are different groups and roles in each group. Some are local administrators for their groups and can create and modify the privileges and the basic settings of the map server for their users. All users can modify/customize their own settings and save them in the database.

For this reason I estimate the only way is to solve this through a database. Since I am already using PostgreSQL for my PostGIS layers, the choice of database is trivial.

The user will have to login before he/she can access the system, thus the user is known at loading the map files.

Question: Has anyone created such a system to read some (or all) data from a database to memory instead of the map file? If so, how could this be done?

I hope somebody can help me with this.

Greetings,

Carlo Trönnberg
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