WFS POST requests: "No template provided" error

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Frank.Steggink at bentley.com wrote:
> Hello Yewondwossen,
> 
> Sorry, no improvement here. I'm not getting an error, but I got a time
> out, while posting (DescribeFeatureType) to the original server URL
> (http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/MapServer/mapserv.exe?map=/mapserver/services/en
> vdat/config.map).
> Also, the other service I mentioned,
> http://www.bsc-eoc.org/cgi-bin/bsc_ows.asp, uses this same URL as online
> resources, which already gave the template error.
> 
  Not sure why would that be. I just retried it (my client is php script 
using curl to send a post request), and both DescribeFeature and 
GetFeature return properly. If necessary I can provide the test script.

> I'm a bit out of options right now. As already mentioned, when I'm using
> GET, then everything works fine, so our client will be able to access
> MapServer. I'll try a few other MapServer WFS's, and see what they do.
> (Using POST, and the online resource URL's.) There are quite a lot of
> them online. If they all give the same result, then I'm going to file a
> bug in Trac. It is no coincidence if several servers, which are set up
> independently, all have the same problem.
> 
  Ok that works.

Best Regards,

> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yewondwossen Assefa [mailto:yassefa at dmsolutions.ca] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 17:30
> To: Frank Steggink
> Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] WFS POST requests: "No template
> provided" error
> 
> Hi There,
> 
>   WFS POST is supported by MapServer. Looking into this thread, you
> mentioned a couple of URLS and I have tried the follwing one : 
> "http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/MapServer/mapserv.exe?map=/mapserver/services/en
> vdat/config.map"
> 
>   I have tried WFS post requests  describefeature and getfeature  with
> this service and It responds correctly. It is a Mapserve 4.8.3.
> 
>   I am guessing that there is something 'wrong" with the service
> accessed though the script at http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/envdat/map.aspx
> where the post requests are not maybe transfered properly to Mapserver.
> 
>   Hopefully this helps.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
> Frank Steggink wrote:
>> Hello Daniel,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. I've tried your suggestion, but unfortunately it
> 
>> didn't work. I'm getting the following ServiceException:
>>
>> <ServiceExceptionReport
>> xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/ogc
>> http://schemas.opengis.net/wms/1.1.1/OGC-exception.xsd">
>>   <ServiceException>
>> msWFSDispatch(): WFS server error. Incomplete WFS request: VERSION 
>> parameter missing
>>   </ServiceException>
>> </ServiceExceptionReport>
>>
>> The URL is http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/envdat/map.aspx?SERVICE=WFS& and the
> 
>> post data is the same as in the original message.
>>
>> It really looks like MapServer only accepts GET request for WFS. So, 
>> the simple fix you suggested will probably not be enough. I'm going to
> file a ticket.
>> In case
>> something needs to be tested, please let me know.
>>
>> Frank
>>
> 
> 
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