[mapserver-users] Parameter substitution problem

Rahkonen Jukka Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi
Thu Sep 29 07:47:13 PDT 2011


Hi,

Tell what was the character count when the file name was accepted so the developers can start thinking if it is a bug or just something that should be mentioned in the documents. It may be that version 5.x did accept longer file names.

-Jukka Rahkonen-

Asad Ullah wrote:
> 
> Thanks Jukka, Shortening file names worked.
> 
> Asad
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rahkonen Jukka [mailto:Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:26 AM
> To: Asad Ullah; 'Mr. Puneet Kishor'
> Cc: 'mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org'
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Parameter substitution problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A couple of days ago somebody seemed to have troubles with 
> imagery because of too long paths or filenames. Could you try 
> to shorten your filename by removing some normal characters 
> from it and see it starts to work at some limit?
> 
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
> 
> Asad Ullah wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I don't think (-) is a problem because I have tried changing 
> > (-) with (_) in the file name without success.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mr. Puneet Kishor [mailto:punk.kish at gmail.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:47 AM
> > To: Asad Ullah
> > Cc: Steve Lime; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Parameter substitution problem
> > 
> > 
> > On Sep 29, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Asad Ullah wrote:
> > 
> > > Steve,
> > > Thanks very much for your help. Adding quote did not change 
> > anything. However, if I change file name from, for example, 
> > "OMI-Aura_L3-OMCLDRRclpWMSNRT_20110922.png" to " 
> > OMI_OMCLDRRclpWMSNRT_20110922.png" and do the substitution as:
> > > 
> > > 
> > "/cgi-bin/mapserv.cgi?map_layer[OMI_CP]=DATA+OMI_OMCLDRRclpWMS
> NRT_"+ amsreDate + ".png"
> > > 
> > > It would work. Where the validation block is same as:
> > > 
> > > VALIDATION
> > >   'DATA' '^OMI_.*\.png$'
> > > END
> > > 
> > > So, do you think the problem is with validation definition?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Could it be the dashes (-) in the problematic file name?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Asad
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steve Lime [mailto:sdlime at gmail.com] 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:27 PM
> > > To: Asad Ullah; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Parameter substitution problem
> > > 
> > > What happens if you quote the variable in the CGI call, that is:
> > > 
> > >  
> > "/cgi-bin/mapserv.cgi?map_layer[OMI_CP]=DATA+'OMI-Aura_L3-OMCL
> DRRclpWMSNRT_"+
> > > amsreDate + ".png'"
> > > 
> > > Note the single quotes in the DATA value... I'll try to 
> > whip up local test case.
> > > 
> > > Steve
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Asad Ullah 
> > <Asad.Ullah at sigmaspace.com> wrote:
> > >> Steve,
> > >> 
> > >> DATA in  the URL has quotes as:
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > "/cgi-bin/mapserv.cgi?map_layer[OMI_CP]=DATA+OMI-Aura_L3-OMCLD
> RRclpWMSNRT_"+
> > >> amsreDate + ".png"
> > >> 
> > >> I unquoted the value in mapfile but there was no error. 
> > Any more suggestion?
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> Asad
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> From: Steve Lime [mailto:sdlime at gmail.com]
> > >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 4:55 AM
> > >> To: Asad Ullah
> > >> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > >> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Parameter substitution problem
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> My guess is the validation is correct but the syntax of 
> > the URL parameter is
> > >> is wrong in that the value passed for DATA is not quoted. 
> > If you unquote the
> > >> default value in your mapfile does that result in a error? 
> > That would be an
> > >> easy way to test the need for quotes.
> > >> 
> > >> One last idea, while map_layer... should work, try 
> > map.layer... instead as
> > >> you variable name.
> > >> 
> > >> If you're really are just replacing the date part you 
> > could do that by doing
> > >> a runtime sub...
> > >> 
> > >>  DATA "OMI-Aura_L3-OMCLDRRclpWMSNRT_%date%.png"
> > >>  VALIDATION
> > >>      date 'regex'
> > >>  END
> > >> 
> > >> And then you pass date as a CGI variable.
> > >> 
> > >> Steve
> > >> 
> > >> On Thursday, September 22, 2011, Asad Ullah 
> > <Asad.Ullah at sigmaspace.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> List,
> > >>> I am trying to substitute DATA parameter in my mapfile 
> > with a call from
> > >>> Openlayers as follow:
> > >>> 
> > >>> map_layer[OMI_CP]=DATA+OMI-Aura_L3-OMCLDRRclpWMSNRT_"+ 
> > amsreDate + ".png"
> > >>> 
> > >>> The mapfile is:
> > >>> 
> > >>> LAYER
> > >>>  NAME "OMI_CP"
> > >>>     TYPE RASTER
> > >>>     STATUS DEFAULT
> > >>>     OFFSITE 0 0 0
> > >>>  PROJECTION
> > >>>     "init=epsg:4326"
> > >>>   END
> > >>>     DATA "OMI-Aura_L3-OMCLDRRclpWMSNRT_20110922.png"
> > >>> VALIDATION
> > >>>   'DATA' '^OMI_.*\.png$'
> > >>> END
> > >>> 
> > >>> The call should change the date part (20110922) of the 
> > png filename but it
> > >>> is not doing it. Can anyone point to what I am doing wrong here?
> > >>> 
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>> 
> > >>> Asad
> > >>> 
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