RE [mapserver-users] Mapserver query using database connection

[Steve.Toutant at inspq.qc.ca]

Are you using the MSSQL spatial extension? Or you only need to create 
points from a X and Y fields.
If you don't have the spatial extension you must use the Virtual Spatial 
Data
http://www.mapserver.org/input/vector/VirtualSpatialData.html

You can specify a sql query in the config file
Steve





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Hello,
I am a cartography student from Germany und I am working on my diploma 
thesis at the moment. My task is to plan and create a webservice 
application for a transportation company and I decided to use the UMN 
Mapserver for the implementation. The users should have the ability to 
query the objects, too. As you probably know the query function of 
Mapserver allows to query the attribute table or to join another 
table-file, but now there?s my question: Is it possible to create a query 
which directly connects to an existing database via PHP and show the 
results in a query template? I have doubts that this could work, cause the 
query function uses mapserver variables which are converted into the 
strings or numbers like they are in the attribute table by the Mapserver 
program and in my opinion a database won?t understand these variables. But 
may be you?ve heard of a possibility and I would be glad if anyone could 
help me. Please keep in my mind that I have to use a Microsoft SQL Server 
2008 database and sqlserv as the ?driver?.
Thank you and best regards from Germany.
Marcus
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