Problem with long DATA object in an Oracle LAYER

Fernando Simon fsimon at UNIVALI.BR
Mon Sep 10 08:54:18 PDT 2007


Hi all,
    I will investigate the problem. I believe that it's relate with the 
msSplitData function in the driver source code.
    Thanks for the reply about the error.
    Best regards.

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Fernando Simon
UMN Mapserver and Oracle Spatial developer

Emmanuel BELO wrote:
> After some investigation, we could identify that this occurs only with
> an Oracle connector. It's not reproducible with a PostGIS connection.
>
> Here our testcase outline:
>
>
>   LAYER
>     CONNECTION "user/password at myoracleoracle9instance"
>     CONNECTIONTYPE ORACLESPATIAL
>     DATA "[Put a query larger than 2037 characters here]"
>       METADATA
>       END
>     NAME "oracle_test_layer"
>     PROJECTION
>       "init=epsg:4326"
>     END
>     SIZEUNITS PIXELS
>     STATUS ON
>     TOLERANCEUNITS PIXELS
>     TYPE POLYGON
>     UNITS METERS
>     CLASS
>       METADATA
>       END
>       STYLE
>         ANGLE 360
>         OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
>       END
>     END
>   END
>
> You can build a large sql query by adding a lot of "always true"
> clauses, or by padding it with a lot of spaces
> eg. shape from (select shape from my_table where 'djfksdhfjkdsf' =
> 'djfksdhfjkdsf' and 'djfksdhfjkdsf' = 'djfksdhfjkdsf' [...])
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Emmanuel BELO
>
>
>
> Damien Corpataux wrote:
>   
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I ran into memory corrption with a long sql query in the DATA object,
>> for an Oracle LAYER. It is obviously due to Mapserver memory allocation
>> mechanism. The corruption occurs when the DATA is longer than ca. 2037
>> characters.
>>
>> Do you know if Mapserver has a way of modifying the possible allocated
>> memory limit? In header files? By applying a patch?
>>
>> Any idea is welcome!
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance, regards,
>> Damien Corpataux
>>     
>
>   



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