[mapserver-users] queryByAttributes syntax

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

There's a single way to call the method, it's that you don't always have to supply the query item. The method signature is

   queryByAttributes (map (mapObj, qitem (string), qstring (string), mode (int));

The qstring is given in a format compatible with the underlying driver. For the database drivers it's basically a where-clause. For others
you use MapServer expression syntax. Some expression types (e.g. string matches or regex) require the qitem.

To do a partial match you could use a regex, for example:

   layer.queryByAttributes(map, "myfield", "/myregex/", mapscript.MS_MULTIPLE);

Steve

From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Berend Veldkamp
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 6:22 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapserver-users] queryByAttributes syntax

Hi,

Where can I find more information about the queryByAttributes() function? I found http://mapserver.org/mapscript/php/index.html#layerobj-class , but it is not very detailed. By trial and error I found that for a PostGIS layer, I should use this syntax:

layer.queryByAttributes(map, null, "myfield='searchValue'", mapscript.MS_MULTIPLE);

but for shapefiles, it seems it should be:

layer.queryByAttributes(map, "myfield", "searchValue", mapscript.MS_MULTIPLE);

I am trying to write some generic code, but that's hard if there is no single way to call this method. Also, I haven't found a way yet to do a partial match on a shapefile (PostGIS supports 'LIKE')

Regards,
Berend Veldkamp
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