[mapserver-users] LABEL - POSITION and FONT Calculations

[Steve Lime]

Hi Donald:

> The question is: Is it possible to take the values from the database and
> convert them for use within the LABEL e.g. 2 = ul = "POSITION ul" or 5 = uc
> = "POSITION uc"?

At the moment POSITION is not bindable. If you file a bug then that can be changed. Once changed
you could use a PostgreSQL case statement to map your position codes to MapServer values (e.g.
1 => UL or whatever).

> I would also like to be able to change the Font based on [fontnumber] from
> the database e.g. 0 = Arial = "FONT arial" or 1 = Times = "FONT times"

Fonts are bindable so you'd just need a case statement to map your codes to font names that
MapServer recognizes.

Steve