Changing layer parameters via CGI with underscore in name

[Nathan Vander Wilt]

On Oct 17, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:

>  If you are using 5.0, you could try something like :
>   map.layer[dfirm_main].class[0].style[0]=COLOR 255 0 0

For now at least, we are still using version 4.10.0. Is there any way  
to escape the underscore for the layer name part of the string in  
that version?

thanks,
–natevw

> Nathan Vander Wilt wrote:
>> Hello all! I have a layer defined similarly to this:
>> LAYER
>>  NAME 'dfirm_main'
>>  ...
>> END
>> I would like to change some parameters for this on the fly,  
>> however I'm wondering if how to deal with the underscored name in  
>> the map_ heirarchy, which depends on underscores as well. The  
>> following example does not work, although if I change the layer  
>> name to remove the underscore in both the .map and the url, then  
>> it does work as expected:
>> http://example/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/maps/nvw-test/
>> test.map&map_dfirm_main_class_color=255+0+0&mode=map
>> How can I change parameters via CGI on a layer named with an  
>> underscore?
>> thanks,
>> -natevw
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