[OpenLayers-Users] [Users] Help on WFS Example Urgently Required

[Erik Uzureau]

FYI:

I have just added this question to the official OpenLayers FAQ:

http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions

If there are other questions that anyone out there thinks should
be added to the FAQ, please do not hesitate to edit the wiki
yourselves. (username/password: openlayers/openlayers for those
of you without accounts)





On 10/18/06, Erik Uzureau <euzuro at gmail.com> wrote:
> From a previous post by chris schmidt:
>
>
> Due to security restrictions in Javascript, it is not possible to
> retrieve information from remote domains via XMLHttpRequest. The way to
> work around this is to set up a local script which can 'proxy'
> information from the remote host. An example script to do this is
> available from the examples directory as proxy.cgi:
>
> http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/examples/proxy.cgi
>
> To use WFS results from a remote host on your machine, you must install
> a proxy script somewhere web accessible from the domain you plan to use
> to host your page. You must then edit ProxyHost to match that URL: an
> example URL for most Apache configurations might be:
>
> OpenLayers.ProxyHost="/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi?url=";
>
> If the ProxyHost is not set, requests are sent directly. In most cases,
> the result will be a security exception.
>
> If you are still having problems with this, please send a link to an
> example page on the web where the WFS example fails.
>
>
> On 10/15/06, ngsuwei at stee.stengg.com <ngsuwei at stee.stengg.com> wrote:
> > I have downloaded the latest codes using svn. However the WFS example is
> > not working. But the one in the live example is working. Is it because the
> > downloaded code is not latest code as the one in live example or is there
> > any missing configuration at my side? I saw the codes there is this proxy
> > thing, what is this for or do i need to set up one? Immediate help is very
> > appreciated as i am reaching my deadline for the WFS portion to work.
> > Thanks in advance.
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