[mapserver-users] understanding behind the GetFeatureInfo...

[Daniel Morissette]

Martin Ouellet wrote:
> 
> 3) GetFeatureInfo with INFO_FORMAT=text/html
> Result: the only required tag is TEMPLATE (a dummy file will return no 
> data).  But if you supply a valid html template, ALL the field will be 
> returned because the METADATA tag ows_<include|exclude>_items 
> or wms_<include|exclude>_items are ignored.  So if my layer is a Oracle 
> spatial table, I must then create a view to expose only the field I 
> want.  Would it be relevant to control the field with the 
> "wms_include_items" tag ? Is there a reason why is not working that way?
> 

When you use a HTML template, it is the template itself that controls 
which fields are returned, so I am not sure to understand the benefit of 
supporting the include/exclulde items on top of that.

Are you saying that there is a situation where all the fields end up 
being unexpectedly dumped into the template out of your control? Maybe 
there is a hidden feature I am not aware of in the template processor, 
if that's the case then could you please elaborate?

Daniel
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