[mapserver-users] Labels with SDE data

[Liz Godwin]

We had this problem too.  When we load data into SDE we now use a UTF8
keyword so that the string columns use varchar type instead of nvarchar.

Cheers,
Liz Eidsness

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Bistrais, Bob <Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov>wrote:

> Thanks Howard.  Has anyone ever been able to find a workaround (besides
> using shapefiles)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Butler [mailto:hobu.inc at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:31 PM
> To: Bistrais, Bob
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Labels with SDE data
>
>
> 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.ht
> ml<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2008-November/058674.html>
>
> Howard
>
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