Any help appreciated!! - Fwd: 5.0 - use of qstring_validation_pattern for attribute queries

[Umberto Nicoletti]

Try:

/.*/

On 9/28/07, Mike Saunt <mikesaunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I sent this out earliler in the week - has anyone used a 'qstring' in
> MapServer 5.0 where the pattern should be able to match any string?  I can't
> seem to get it to work even though I get messages back such as Failed to
> parse expression: Mendip = Mendip msyyparse(): Expression parser error.
> parse error msEvalExpression: Expression parser error.
>
> Would there be any examples in the test cases / data etc?
>
> Any help appreciated!!
> Cheers
> Mike
>
>
> Hi All
>
> I was wondering whether anyone has an example of the METADATA key for
> qstring_validation_pattern that is required for v5.0 layers that are to be
> attribute queried?
>
> I would like to be able to accept any string (as through my app you can't
> inject the values)
>
> I've tried the following qstring_validation_pattern /^[0-9]*$/ and
> qstring_validation_pattern '.' but neither seem to match (the first throws a
> symbol definition error):
>
> LAYER
>         NAME Ward
>         TYPE POLYGON
>         STATUS OFF
>         CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>         CONNECTION
> "Overlays\CouncilDemocracy\Ward_Boundaries_2004.TAB"
>         TOLERANCEUNITS METERS
>         METADATA
>             qstring_validation_pattern '.'
>         END
>         CLASS
>             STYLE
>               COLOR -1 -1 -1
>             END
>             STYLE
>               OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>               WIDTH 2
>             END
>         END
>      END
>
> I've also tried as TYPE QUERY...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>