[mapserver-users] Variable substitution in CONNECTION string on cascading WMS?

[Rahkonen Jukka (Tike)]

That was my impression too but paragraph "Parameters Supported" in http://mapserver.org/cgi/runsub.html  emphasizes just these two:
*LAYER: DATA (must validate against DATAPATTERN
*OUTPUTFORMAT: FORMATOPTION: FILENAME (must have a MAP VALIDATION pattern)

-Jukka-

Lime, Steve D wrote:
> 
> Validation is required for substitution to work... -Steve
> ________________________________________
> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mapserver-users-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Rahkonen Jukka  (Tike)
> [jukka.rahkonen at mmmtike.fi]
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:15 PM
> To: Mapserver Users (mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org)
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Variable substitution in CONNECTION string
> on      cascading WMS?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Documentation says that CONNECTION in one place where it is supported so
> have a try http://mapserver.org/cgi/runsub.html. Validation may be needed or
> not, I am not sure how to interpret the documentation but you will notice it
> soon. Take a habit to use DEBUG 5 and read your errorfile while experimenting.
> 
> By the way, you do not read polygons from the remote WMS, you read rasters.
> Thus TYPE RASTER.
> 
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
> 
> Robert Sanson wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> 
> > Is it possible to have variable substitution within the CONNECTION string for
> CONNECTIONTYPE WMS?
> 
> > Here is a layer section from my mapfile:
> 
> > LAYER
> >   NAME farm
> >  GROUP "CRS"
> >   TYPE POLYGON
> >  STATUS ON
> >   CONNECTION "http://remoteserver/cgi-bin/mywms.exe?farmid=%farmid%"
> >   CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
> >   METADATA
> >    "wms_srs"             "EPSG:2193"
> >    "wms_name"            "farm"
> >    "wms_server_version"  "1.1.1"
> >    "wms_format"          "image/png"
> >    "wms_exceptions_format" "application/vnd.ogc.se_xml"
> >   END
> >  END
> 
> > I am wanting to hit my cascading Mapserver WMS and pass it a farmid value
> which should then be passed through to the other WMS server for processing.
> 
> > Many thanks,
> 
> > Robert Sanson
> 
> 
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