[mapserver-users] v5.0.0 - CLASSITEM has double quote in field value

[Alexandre Dube]

I've been told by developers that there seems to be a bug when using " " 
in the expression parser...

You should use a regular expression instead like the following :

EXPRESSION /^Lane Closure$|^Multi-Way Signals$|^Road Closure$|^Stop\/Go 
Boards$|^Two-Way Signals$/

See at : http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/msexpressions

Mike Saunt wrote:
> thanks Alexandre but unfortunately it didn't work
>
> Do you know if there is a way of forcing MapServer to read out the 
> literal string i.e. sort of like escaping it?  in .NET you can say 
> @stringvariable and it will ignore quotes inside etc?
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> 2008/7/18 Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>>:
>
>     Hi Mike,
>
>      I'm not sure about that, but try eq instead of =
>
>      EXPRESSION ('[TRAFFIC_TYPE]' eq 'Lane Closure' OR ...
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Alexandre
>
>     Mike Saunt wrote:
>
>         Hi All
>
>         I've got a MapFile that used to work fine in v4.10 but now
>         fails in v5.0
>
>         Basically the CLASSITEM field has double quote in field value
>         and this is then returning an error - msEvalExpression:
>         Expression parser error. Failed to parse expression
>
>         The CLASS EXPRESSION looks like this
>                CLASSITEM 'TRAFFIC_TYPE'          CLASS
>                    EXPRESSION ('[TRAFFIC_TYPE]' = 'Lane Closure' OR
>         '[TRAFFIC_TYPE]' = 'Multi-Way Signals' OR '[TRAFFIC_TYPE]' =
>         'Road Closure' OR '[TRAFFIC_TYPE]' = 'Stop/Go Boards' OR
>         '[TRAFFIC_TYPE]' = 'Two-Way Signals')
>                    STYLE # Severe (RED)
>                        SYMBOL 'triangle'
>                        SIZE 9
>                        COLOR 255 0 0
>                        OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>                    END
>                END
>
>         I've tried double quote vs. single quotes in the map file but
>         to no avail
>
>         Anyone any thoughts?
>
>         Kind regards
>         Mike
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