[mapserver-users] symbolize a wms map based upon a sql count() query

[Pietro Giannini]

Maybe a view on postresql, with both count and geometry?
can you pls post a little sample data?
ciao
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Pietro Giannini
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On Gio, Ottobre 30, 2008 03:52, Scott Pezanowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am hoping to be able to symbolize a WMS or image map, based upon the
> results of a SQL COUNT() query. To be more specific, this query needs to
> be dynamic based upon user input from my application for specific
> attributes in the data, count up the number of records that meet that
> query, and then produce a choropleth map of the resulting counts. So the
> query would produce, a count of 10 records for one county, 5 records for
> another county, etc. and my counties will be colored based upon a scheme
> for these counts. My data is in a PostGIS database.
>
> Is there a way to do this with Mapserver? I am currently simply returning
> all of the records that meet my criteria and counting things up on the
> client application. But I am hoping there is a way to do this on the
> server or database-side of things.
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any help or tips you may be able to
> offer. Also, please let me know if you need more info on what I am trying
> to do.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
>
>
>
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