Mapscript API - csharp - layerObj.getItemType, layerObj.getItemSize, etc...?

[Tamas Szekeres]

Hi David,

With the current implementation mapserver stores the field values
uniquely as strings. Therefore you cannot extract further information
(like fieldlength, fieldtype, fieldprecision etc.). Either, there is
not much control on how a data provider converts the values to strings
may cause several further problems when labelling the objects. The
information you are expecting exists at the provider's level but was
not propagated into the mapserver/ mapscript structures.

Are there other issues you have run into not mentioned before?

Tamas


2006/8/3, David Lowther <dlowther at coordinatesolutions.com>:
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> Hi Everyone,
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> I was wondering if I am overlooking a way to get information about a layers
> items in mapscript. I've been through the docs thoroughly (I think) but am
> only seeing stuff for returning item name and value.  This makes sense since
> there are so many possible layer types – and therefore item types. Just
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> David Lowther
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