Variable substitution and WMS

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of John Cole
> Sent: 03 October, 2006 11:06 AM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Variable substitution and WMS
> 
> Is it possible to use variable substitution with a WMS 
> request to mapserver?
> It would be nice to be able to set username/passwords or 
> other information for layer queries to the mapfile.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John

You should be able to use it with OGC:WMS, however a client would
require more intelligence to pass along those variables.  i.e. a vanille
OGC:WMS client would need to be enhanced for this.

Additionally, you can take a look at the Mapscript WxS services
capability through you favourite scripting language, which can now
expose as OGC Web Services (see the MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop
[http://ms-ogc-workshop.maptools.org/] for more info and examples).

..Tom