Big problems to set MS_Mapfile-Path

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Hi There,

You might want to try to add something at the end of the url : something 
like http://localhost/cgi-bin/mymaps.exe?ttt=1 and force the length of 
the QUERY_STRING to be > 0.


Later,

Reinhard Keltermann wrote:
> Dear users,
> since a couple of time I`m trying desperately to set my MS_Mapfile-Path.
> 
> I`m using Windows XP with ms4w 2.2.2.
> I change the httpd.conf in C:/ms4w/Apache/conf
> 
> I write at the end:
> 
> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/cgi-bin/mymaps.exe" MS_MAPFILE=/ms4w/my_directory/abcde.map   
> 
> Well, obviously the file "abcde.map" lies under C:/ms4w/my_directory/abcde.map
> 
> I have copied the file "mapserv.exe" under C:/ms4w/Apache/cgi-bin and renamed the copy to
> "mymaps.exe".
> 
> I have restarted the Apache server.
> 
> But when I use the url:
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mymaps.exe
> 
> I always get the message: No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is set, but empty.
> Why is the mapfile not parsed then????
> 
> I have also checked out: SetEnvIf Request_URI "/cgi-bin/mymaps" MS_MAPFILE=/ms4w/my_directory/abcde.map
> but with the same result.
> 
> To see if there is a mistake with the SetEnv-Command I have also written:
> SetEnv MS_ERRORFILE "/ms4w/tmp/ms_error.txt" 
> If there is an error with the mapfile, the error occurs in c:/ms4w/tmp/ms_error.txt, so the SetEnv-Command works.
> 
> Who can help please????????
> Thank you.
> Rich
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