[mapserver-users] CLASS expression and maxscaledenom ignored

[Steve Lime]

In looking at the source the attribute queries do respect both class expressions and
scales. However, a typical attribute query will not result in a scale being set beforehand
because attribute queries tend not to be tied to a map unlike "click on a map" type queries.

The whichShapes method is CLASS independent and is really just a convenience method.
The other query functions use whichShapes internally to setup the list of candidate shapes
and they themselves apply specific rules to include or exclude a candidate shape. For queries
we look at the availability of a presentation template for example.

What does your class structure look like?

Steve

>>> On 2/2/2009 at 6:15 PM, in message
<427029.61749.qm at web52306.mail.re2.yahoo.com>, "J.J. Schlafley"
<jjschlafley at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have found that the functions LayerObj.whichShapes() and 
> LayerObj.queryByAttributes ignore any CLASS expression or maxscaledenom in 
> the LAYER.  The results returned by these functions seem to come from "any" 
> feature in the layer's dataset at the given spatial extent and/or attribute 
> query.  Anyone else ever come across this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JJ
> 
> 
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