[mapserver-users] MapServer, WFS and Oracle

[Jelmer Baas]

Michael,

Thanks for the tip. Indeed, I still need to add these tags, but since my
dataset wasn't working at all, I didn't do anything with that, yet.
Right now the query takes 16-20sec, so some optimization is in order.

Regards,
Jelmer


> Jelmer,
> 
> Also, when using WFS from Oracle, you should add the wfs_extent or
> ows_extent metadata tags. Otherwise MapServer will request 
> Oracle to do a
> convex_hull to get the extent of your data. On large 
> datasets, this can take
> a while. Setting the extent metadata tag bypasses this check 
> and uses the
> value you specify.