[mapserver-users] Database connection in postgresql

[Alexandre Dube]

rohan phatak wrote:
> Hello friends,
>        I am using map server application in which i am displaying my 
> map in  web browser.  I  am creating button in that browser and on 
> that button i want to attach my database connection means if i click 
> this button  the database/tables  should be open  so how to proceed that?

I'm not sure what/why you're trying to accomplish that, but you could 
take a look at this (1).  You might be interested.

>        And my next question how to connect shape file to the 
> postgresql in mapserver??

If you mean : "how do I connect mapserver to a postgis table" : 
http://mapserver.org/input/vector/postgis.html

If you mean : "how do I transform my shapfile to a postgis table" : use 
the shp2pgsql tool. 
http://www.postgis.org/documentation/manual-1.3/ch04.html#id2743056

> THANKS IN ADVANCE.


Regards,

Alexandre

(1) http://geo.openplans.org/geoext/drake/tags/v0.1/apps/drake/drake1.html

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