[mapserver-users] Expression encoding must be in the same encoding than the data

[Tamas Szekeres]

Hi,

It seem you should have libiconv compiled in, and specify the encoding
in the label definitions, like:

LABEL
  ...
  ENCODING ISO-8859-1
END


Best regards,

Tamas



2008/6/25 "SAEZ Laurent - CETE Méditerr./DI/ETER"
<Laurent.Saez at developpement-durable.gouv.fr>:
> Hi list,
>
> Encoding in expression is not very simple...
> I have :
>
> mapserver 4.99,
> a mapfile utf-8 encoded,
> a mapinfo file create on windows (encoding cp1252),
> one class using a field which contain this value : "Départementale".
>
> If I write in the mapfile the following expression :
> ...
> CLASS
> NAME "Départementale"
> EXPRESSION "Départementale"
> ...
>
> This class is not in the raster returned by the WMS/GetMap request.
> To obtain this class I have to encode the string expression in the same
> encoding than the data (mapinfo tab) :
>
> CLASS
> NAME "Départementale"
> EXPRESSION "D�partementale"
>
> So it's strange to encode a string in cp1252 (or iso-8859-1) in a file
> encoding in utf-8.
>
> Is there a way to tell mapserver that my layer is cp1252 encoded ?
>
> Thanks for help
>
>
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