HostGIS+OpenLayers WMS requests to mapserver problems

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of 
> Christopher Schmidt
> Sent: 13 December, 2007 11:09 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] HostGIS+OpenLayers WMS 
> requests to mapserver problems
> 
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:26:09PM -0700, Gregor Mosheh wrote:
> > Bradley McLain wrote:
> > >I got it to
> > >finally display again using the request shown below:
> > 
> > 
> http://192.168.1.130/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/mapfiles/mswmsrq.map
> > 
> &service=wms&version=1.1.1&request=getmap&SRS=EPSG:4326&layers=grap,gr
> > 
> cad,cadbd,propbd,fmbl,varbl&BBOX=144.841,-34.5838,146.344,-34.0477&for
> > mat=image/png&width=800&height=600&styles=
> > 
> > 
> > Seems pretty normal to me. A styles param is optional,
> 
> A styles parameter is not optional according to the WMS 1.1 
> spec, nor is it optional in MapServer 5.0. (This is probably 
> the single most "controversial" change in 5.0, and I believe 
> it's going away in 5.0.1.)
> 

Correct.  After much debate, STYLES is now optional again in trunk (and
forthcoming 5.0.1).

> > It's also very normal to require the width, height, bbox, 
> and SRS, and 
> > format. If it was working before without them, defaulting 
> to whatever 
> > was in the mapfile, then that was a lax enforcement of WMS standard 
> > and you should be glad it's been fixed. ;)
>
> I disagree with this statement, but I do agree that those 
> parameters are required as part of the WMS spec, and if 
> you're using MS 5.0, it seems likely that this is the change 
> you are running into.
> 

More info can be found w.r.t. this in the FAQ entry at:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/faq/ogc-wms-getmap-required-parameters