[mapserver-users] Validation error (but working!)

[Ben Madin]

Thanks Thomas,

On 02/04/2012, at 4:55 PM, thomas bonfort wrote:

> if the validation fails, the default_xxx parameter is used instead,
> which is why no further errors are reported.
> 
> what are you sending in your url for CCODE ?

I should have included it - sorry ! The url normally looks like :

maps/index.php?page=details&ccode=EST&mapcode=156&year=2005&submit=submit

'tis unfortunately a local system, and the size of the data files somewhat limits my opportunity to put an example up somewhere.

cheers

Ben



> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 08:39, Ben Madin <lists at remoteinformation.com.au> wrote:
>> G'day all,
>> 
>> I've noticed that when I turn layer (going out as a WMS service) debugging on, I am getting the messages shown below (the layer is rendering as I expected, with only the names for the selected country showing up).
>> 
>> As I said, it is working, but what is wrong with my patterns - I suspect other layers with the same validation patterns would be giving the same errors, but I haven't investigated them (as they are working)
>> 
>> My confusion is :
>> 
>> Either the validation is working (and the log message is wrong), or
>> 
>> I am failing to understand how the validation is meant to work, or
>> 
>> The validation is failing, but not being respected…
>> 
>> any clues
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Log messages :
>> 
>> [Mon Apr  2 14:29:40 2012].960342   runtime substitution - Layer provnames, tag %CCODE%...
>> [Mon Apr  2 14:29:40 2012].960725 msValidateParameter(): Regular expression error. Parameter pattern validation failed.
>> [Mon Apr  2 14:29:40 2012].960759 msValidateParameter(): Regular expression error. Parameter pattern validation failed.
>> [Mon Apr  2 14:29:40 2012].960775   runtime substitution - Layer provnames, tag %YEAR%...
>> [Mon Apr  2 14:29:40 2012].961353 msDrawMap(): rendering using outputformat named AGG (AGG/PNG).
>> [Mon Apr  2 14:29:40 2012].993291 msPostGISLayerIsOpen called.
>> 
>> The layer has a validation pattern and defaults set:
>> 
>>                METADATA
>>                        "wms_title"             "provnames"
>>                        "wms_srs"               "EPSG:4326"
>>                        "wms_group_title" "Administrative"
>>                        "default_ccode"         "AUS"
>>                        "default_year"          "2010"
>>                END
>>                VALIDATION
>>                        'ccode' '[A-Z]{3}'
>>                        'year' '20[0-1][0-9]'
>>                END
>> 
>> and the query is :
>> 
>>        DATA    "geom from (
>>                SELECT  recordid as gid, geom, name as pname
>>                FROM    geolayer
>>                WHERE validitystarts <= '%YEAR%'
>>                        AND (validityends >= '%YEAR%' OR validityends IS NULL)
>>                        AND country LIKE '%CCODE%'
>>                ) AS foo USING UNIQUE gid USING SRID=4326"
>>        TYPE    ANNOTATION
>>        labelmaxscaledenom 5000000
>>        LABELITEM pname
>>        CLASS
>>                        LABEL
>>                          COLOR  150 150 250
>>                          OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
>>                          FONT "lucida"
>>                          TYPE truetype
>>                          SIZE 9
>>                          POSITION AUTO
>>                          PARTIALS FALSE
>>                   END
>>                END
>> 
>> 
>> and the version is :
>> 
>> MapServer version 6.0.2 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=KML SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=CAIRO SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER SUPPORTS=THREADS SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
>> 
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