[mapserver-users] Can't get capabilities xml error message

[mathias cunault]

I did what you said : I copy and paste layer by layer from the old mapfile
to a new one, and test each time. I did not make any modification (as far
as i know). Now I can get the capabilities in FF ! Thanks.

Now I have the list of layers in QGIS. But I can't load them : it seems to
have a problem of connection with PostGIS. Log error says :
Error executing SQL: (connection pointer is NULL
) in msPostGISLayerGetExtent()[Wed Nov 23 16:33:27 2016].216000
msPostGISLayerGetExtent(): General error message. Error executing SQL.
Check server logs.
I guess that the logs in the message are PostGIS ones ?


2016-11-23 15:10 GMT+01:00 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>:

> In that tiny mapfile (one layer), I would also remove any special
> characters and numbers from any of your strings in that small mapfile (so
> no accents, numbers, spaces in any NAME parameters, and remove any special
> characters from the wms_title metadata or elsewhere).  Working with that
> copied mapfile and removing all those things helps me debug always - then
> later I can go back to the full mapfile, get that working at the
> commandline, then test with a manual request in the browser, and finally
> test in a client such as QGIS or OpenLayers.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> --
> Jeff McKenna
> MapServer Consulting and Training Services
> http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
>
>
>
> On 2016-11-23 9:48 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Regarding your issue, here is my advice for how I always debug such a
>> situation:
>>
>> - I narrow down the mapfile until I am able to have the
>> smallest/shortest mapfile that still generates the error (one layer,
>> simple classification)
>>
>> - once I have that tiny mapfile, then examine that one problem layer
>> (most times I also change the data in that layer, from something like a
>> PostGIS connection to a local shapefile, and see if that changes anything)
>>
>> - for OGC/WMS requests, I will run the request directly from the MS4W
>> commandline, such as:
>>
>>    setenv.bat
>>    mapserv -nh
>> QUERY_STRING="map=D:\ms4w\blah.map&SERVICE=wms&REQUEST=GetCapabilities"
>>
>>> getcap.xml
>>>
>>
>> And open that generated xml file to check for any errors or "WARNING"s
>> in the response.
>>
>> Thank you for the positive feedback from you that MS4W is working great
>> for you and your clients.
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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