[mapserver-users] Parameterized MapFile using CGI variable

[thomas bonfort]

As David stated, the INCLUDE keyword does not have to be a full
mapserver object, it can be any valid mapserver keywords.

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thomas

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 16:49, Nicolas BOUTET <nicolas.boutet at geosys.com> wrote:
> Thank you David,
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> Yes, using INCLUDE should be a good solution. But as I know in MapServer
> 5.6, CONNECTION is a parameter of my LAYER objects, and not an object
> itself. So I cannot have a CONNECTION object declared in a separate map
> file… And I prefer to not have to duplicate the layers in different map
> files.
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> Nicolas
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> De : Fawcett, David (MPCA) [mailto:david.fawcett at state.mn.us]
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> Envoyé : vendredi 29 avril 2011 16:37
> À : nicolas.boutet at geosys.com; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Objet : RE: [mapserver-users] Parameterized MapFile using CGI variable
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> One potential way to do it would be with the use of ‘include’s.
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> http://mapserver.org/mapfile/Include.html
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> The primary mapfile wouldn’t have a connection object, but it would contain:
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> INCLUDE “connect_info.map”
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> Then on each machine, you would have a different version of connect_info.map
> that contained the correct connection object for that machine.
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> This wouldn’t give you the flexibility of changing it through the CGI
> interface, but would allow you to use the same exact mapfile on both
> machines.
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> David.
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> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas BOUTET
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:57 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Parameterized MapFile using CGI variable
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> Dear All,
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> I have 2 MapServer servers. One for Production use, and the other for
> Validation use.
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> The MAP files placed on those servers are similar except that each server
> has a different Oracle database as datasource.
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> For now, I have some different CONNECTION values depending if the map file
> is on the Production or on the Validation server. So finally I must have
> different MAP files.
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> Is there a way to have exactly the same map files on the 2 servers, and to
> use a variable to parameterize the CONNECTION.
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> For example, I would like to set the CONNECTION of my layers to
> “%ORACLECONNECTIONSTRING%” and to set a CGI Environment variable named
> ORACLECONNECTIONSTRING to the correct value on each server.
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> Nicolas
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