[mapserver-users] Re: mapserver documentation: unique gid using srid=x ?

Ivan Mincik ivan.mincik at gista.sk
Mon Feb 8 07:30:03 PST 2010


>Hi,
>according Mapserver docs: http://mapserver.org/input/vector/postgis.html there is different syntax of using "USING 
>UNIQUE gid USING SRID=x" string in DATA  line in similar cases.

>In simple case example:
>DATA "the_geom from the_database USING unique gid using srid=4326"

>In case of using a SQL subquery example:
>DATA "the_geom from (select g.gid, g.the_geom, a.attr1, a.attr2 from geotable g join attrtable a on g.gid = a.aid) as 
>subquery unique gid using srid=4326"

>When comparing these two examples, second example (SQL subquery example) is missing first "USING" keyword. Shouldn't be 
>second example as following:
>DATA "the_geom from (select g.gid, g.the_geom, a.attr1, a.attr2 from geotable g join attrtable a on g.gid = a.aid) as 
>subquery USING unique gid using srid=4326"

When testing on Mapserver 5.2.x, it seems to be typo in documentation. If I am correct, would You please fix it ?

Thanks. Ivan
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