[mapserver-users] record element in query header

[Jeff McKenna]

Steve.Toutant at inspq.qc.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Is it possible to get the value of a record and put it in the header?
> Here is an example of what I need to do
> There are 3 elements in Quebec
> 1: blabla 1
> 2: blabla 2
> 3: blabla 3
> 
> Here is my template definition
> Header
> There are [nlr] elements in [provincename]
> 
> Template
> [lrn]: [elementname]<br>
> 
> What I get is:
> There are 3 elements in [provincename]
> 1: blabla 1
> 2: blabla 2
> 3: blabla 3
> 
> How can I get the [provincename] value in the header?
> 

Steve,

You should be careful of string case.  You should verify the case by 
using ogrinfo with the -summary switch to see what the correct name is:

    ogrinfo quebec.shp quebec -summary

The result may be [PROVINCENAME].

-jeff



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