[mapserver-users] Need help with Expression

[Havard Tveite]

Thanks, the example has been added.  Good idea to show also
this alternative (it was only mentioned in the introduction
to the regexp section).

Håvard

On 30/09/11 16:34, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> On 9/30/2011 10:30 AM, Havard Tveite wrote:
>> Have you seen:
>>
>> http://www.mapserver.org/mapfile/expressions.html
>>
>> Feedback on the contents of that page would be appreciated.
>>
>> Håvard
>>
>> On 9/30/2011 3:51 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
>>> I’m trying to create an Expression to select features in a Class,
>>> MapServer 6.0.1. I want to do something such as a wildcard or a Like
>>> statement, to select records with certain item values. Something
>>> similar to this:
>>>
>>> EXPRESSION (‘[RDNAME]’ = ‘Main%’ )
>>>
>>> Or perhaps
>>>
>>> EXPRESSION (‘[RDNAME]’ like ‘Main%’)
>>>
>>> -neither of these formats worked for me. I checked the MS
>>> documentation under Expression, but could not find the solution. Can
>>> anyone shed some light on this?
>>>
>>
>
> Håvard,
>
> You can use a regular expression like:
>
> CLASSITEM "RDNAME"
> EXPRESSION /^Main\.*/
>
> -Steve W