[mapserver-users] Labels with SDE data

[Howard Butler]

On Dec 9, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:

> I am using ESRI SDE layers in a Map file.  On some polygon layers, a  
> text label appears as a strange symbol, such as horizontal lines or  
> a square.  If I convert the same layer to shapefile and use it as a  
> source, the polygon labels look correct.
>
> How can I correct this so the labels look correct using SDE layers?
>

The column you are labeling with likely has unicode characters in it  
and there is a bug in the MapServer SDE code.   See this thread for  
some more detail. http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2008-November/058674.html

Howard