[mapserver-users] Re: Join from SHP file to PostgreSQL table

[Flavio Carmo]

Hi,

Sorry, but i cant upload the shapes to postgres. The shapefiles are modified
using arcview and the data in the postgres is modified using a custom
desktop software that my client uses for about 5 years. The software open
the shapefiles, then using a ODBC connection with postgres, make the join in
memory and shows the information for each geometry.

I cant undo this situation, so, my client propose to me to uses a opensource
solution to also make this join in a WMS service. He knows Geoserver and
Mapserver. Geoserver cant do this too, so i've hoped that mapserver could be
a solution.

Regards,

Flávio Carmo


On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 16:35, Stephen Woodbridge
<woodbri at swoodbridge.com>wrote:

> On 11/29/2010 2:21 PM, flaviocarmo wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks all for your responses. Im a novice in Mapserver so, after reading,
>> now i know that:
>>
>> - I cant use a JOIN to shown only geometrys with the CODE field stored on
>> Postgres (or another Database) because joins cannot modify the look of a
>> map;
>>
>> - I need to use a template always to show the queries results;
>>
>> - Case-sensitive fields can be a problem in a query with mapserver;
>>
>> - The "PG:" string for was my mistake. I missed in the mail, but was in my
>> MAP file. Sorry.
>>
>> Now what? There isnt a way to solve my issue? My client needs a opensource
>> solution to deliver his data. His current solution (ESRI ArcGIS Server) is
>> too expensive to buy another license, so he asked for a solution with the
>> same quality, but opensource.
>>
>> There is a way to workaround this?
>>
>
> Favlio,
>
> I would put all the data in a postgres/postgis database and display it from
> there. There is a simple shapefile loader:  shp2pgsql. In this setup you can
> easily join tables, create inherited tables if you are working with data
> like streets.shp for multiple countries so the parent table can be used to
> seamlessly display the multiple streets tables as a single layer in
> mapserver.
>
> He may have to rethink his work flow a little because the tools are
> different, but this would be the case regardless if he is changing the
> software that he is using.
>
> -Steve W
>
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