[OpenLayers-Dev] OL trunk + MapServer 6.0 + BBOX Strategy -> WFS server error. Invalid or Unsupported FILTER in GetFeature

[Roald de Wit]

Hey Andreas,

Thanks, it works again when adding a geometryName to the protocol.

2 things:
1) this does change behaviour, so it would be important to document it 
clearly in the release notes for 2.11 (if this makes it in there)
2) in the comments in ticked #3368, bartvde says:

    "Maybe there is a WFS out there that needs PropertyName, but ignores
    its value for WFS 1.0. But I think we can safely ignore until
    someone files a bug with a case that fails. "


This is exactly the case for me with MS 6.0.x and 5.6.x too. MS needs a 
PropertyName (can be anything so it seems!) and gives an error if it is 
missing.

It's a small change for me to add geometryName (or featureNS) to the 
protocol options. I'm just slightly concerned that there are more people 
out there currently only using featurePrefix and featureType that might 
not understand why their requests suddenly fail when using the new WFS 
protocol behaviour.

Cheers,

Roald

On 17/07/11 03:24, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
>
> Hey Roald,
>
> what you describe is exactly the new expected behavior. However, if 
> you add either a featureNS or a geometryName, things should be working 
> again.
>
> Let me know if you still have concerns, or if and where you think this 
> should be better documented. If the former, do you have a suggestion 
> how we could better solve this? Because the intention of the change 
> you suffer from was to make dynamic WFS configuration simpler.
>
> Andreas.
>
>> On Jul 16, 2011 2:38 PM, "Roald de Wit" <list at rdewit.net 
>> <mailto:list at rdewit.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Andreas,
>>
>> It's true that I don't set the FeatureNS. However, I *do* set the 
>> featureType *and* the featurePrefix in my protocol options, which 
>> used to be sufficient.
>> If you take the wfs-protocol.html example from trunk and replace 
>> featureNS with: featurePrefix: 'topp', you'll see that the 
>> PropertyName disappears from the WFS request (in the BBOX filter).
>>
>> Is this expected behaviour, ie: can I not use featurePrefix anymore 
>> or is it a bug?
>>
>> Thanks, Roald
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16/07/11 19:59, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
>>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Hey Roald,
>>     >
>>     > the PropertyName will still always be set, unless you have a
>>     poorly configured ...
>>
>>         >> On Jul 16, 2011 8:25 AM, "Roald de Wit" <list at rdewit.net
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