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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi,<BR>
I would like to know if it is possible to use mygis layers without having to convert the data with shp2mysql.pl.<BR>
That script creates 3 different tables for each layer, and for my application I need to have only 1 table per layer, having a gid and the geometric field...<BR>
However, if I try to configure my layer in the map file in this way:<BR>
CONNECTION "host:user:password:dbname:bin:"<BR>
CONNECTIONTYPE mygis<BR>
DATA "the_geom from table53"<BR>
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where table53 is like this:<BR>
gid bigint(20)<BR>
the_geom blob (stored in WKB format)<BR>
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mapserver crashes without any error message.<BR>
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thanks for you help...</FONT>
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