[mapserver-users] Mapserver 7.0.5, PostGIS and Query Errors

[James Colannino]

I finally figured it out. I replaced calls to
$layer->setFilter('column=value') with calls to
$layer->setProcessing('NATIVE_FILTER=column=value'). I finally have map
tiles rendering again! Thanks for the help, everyone!

James Colannino, Modern Literary Fantasy Author (writing as Jeff Coleman)
https://blog.jeffcolemanwrites.com/

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:23 AM, James Colannino <crankycyclops at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've done some more digging, and I've realized we're using PHP Mapscript
> to further configure the map tiles that are coming back.
>
> I'm using the mapfile to generate a map object in PHP using:
>
> $map = ms_newMapObj(mapfile_filename);
>
> I then get the layer using:
>
> $map->getLayer(0);
>
> Finally, I set filters on the layer like this:
>
> $layer->setFilter(...);
>
> The filters being passed are native filters, and I see from the
> documentation that behavior regarding native filters has changed. I think
> this might be related to my problem. Does anyone know if the setFilter
> function accepts native filters as of Mapserver 7, and if not, if there's
> an equivalent function that does? I couldn't find it when referring to the
> Mapscript API.
>
> Thank you so much!
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <
> woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
>
>> Try adding FILTER "t" and see if that fixes the issue. If it does, please
>> write it up as a bug.
>>
>> -Steve W
>>
>>
>> On 6/7/2017 3:27 AM, Jörg Thomsen (WhereGroup) wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> had the same problem a few weeks ago. The solution was to fix the FILTER
>>> or EXPRESSION within the classes. I don't remember exactly...
>>>
>>> Jörg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 07.06.2017 um 08:45 schrieb James Colannino:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem that's got me stumped.
>>>>
>>>> I have the following layer defined in a mapfile:
>>>>
>>>> LAYER
>>>>
>>>>      NAME "aggregates"
>>>>      TYPE POLYGON
>>>>      CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS
>>>>      CONNECTION "host=localhost port=5432 dbname=*** user=***
>>>> password=***"
>>>>      DATA "geom FROM (SELECT b.geom AS geom, a.peril_id, a.portfolio_id,
>>>> a.tiv, a.thematic_tiv, a.aggregates_id FROM schema.aggregates a INNER
>>>> JOIN gisdata.adm_1 b on a.gid = b.gid) AS c using SRID=4326 using unique
>>>> aggregates_id"
>>>>
>>>>      PROJECTION
>>>>          "proj=longlat"
>>>>          "ellps=WGS84"
>>>>          "datum=WGS84"
>>>>          "no_defs"
>>>>      END
>>>>
>>>> END
>>>>
>>>> This works perfectly on Mapserver 6.4, but on 7.0.5 it's failing (for
>>>> what it's worth, I compiled 7.0.5 myself because my OS didn't have
>>>> binary packages for it that supported php5-mapscript.) I turned on
>>>> debugging and watched what kind of errors I was getting whenever I made
>>>> tile requests. Here's what I found:
>>>>
>>>> [Wed Jun  7 03:42:43 2017].502983 msDrawMap(): rendering using
>>>> outputformat named png (AGG/PNG).
>>>> [Wed Jun  7 03:42:43 2017].503018 msDrawMap(): WMS/WFS set-up and
>>>> query,
>>>> 0.000s
>>>> [Wed Jun  7 03:42:43 2017].523359 msPostGISLayerWhichShapes(): Error
>>>> (ERROR:  syntax error at or near ")"
>>>> LINE 1: ...2300166285,129.462890606979 36.6292300166285))',4326) and ()
>>>>                                                                ^
>>>> ) executing query: select
>>>> "thematic_tiv",encode(ST_AsBinary(ST_Force2D("geom"),'NDR'),'hex') as
>>>> geom,"aggregates_id" from (SELECT b.geom AS geom, a.peril_id,
>>>> a.portfolio_id, a.tiv, a.thematic_tiv, a.aggregates_id FROM
>>>> portfolios.aggregates a INNER JOIN gisdata.adm_1 b on a.gid = b.gid) AS
>>>> c where geom && ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((129.462890606979
>>>> 36.6292300166285,129.462890606979 68.6423395678331,179.999999974944
>>>> 68.6423395678331,179.999999974944 36.6292300166285,129.462890606979
>>>> 36.6292300166285))',4326) and ()
>>>> [Wed Jun  7 03:42:43 2017].523377 msPostGISLayerWhichShapes(): Query
>>>> error. Error executing query. Check server logs
>>>> [Wed Jun  7 03:42:43 2017].523434 msDrawMap(): Image handling error.
>>>> Failed to draw layer named 'area_aggregates_tiv'.
>>>> [Wed Jun  7 03:42:43 2017].523927 msFreeMap(): freeing map at
>>>> 0x560aa573b6c0.
>>>>
>>>> That "and ()" at the end of the query causing the syntax error is very
>>>> strange. It's like it's adding on a blank filter. I tried making the
>>>> query as simple as possible, so I created another table that contained
>>>> all the required information and changed the DATA line to:
>>>>
>>>> DATA "geom from portfolios.area_aggregates_join using SRID=4326 using
>>>> unique aggregates_id"
>>>>
>>>> However, I still got the same type of error. I'm completely stumped.
>>>> Does anyone have an idea what could be happening? I've spent the past 4
>>>> hours Googling with no success.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>> Viele Grüße,
>>> Jörg Thomsen
>>>
>>>
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