[OpenLayers-Users] how do i append extra parameters to the outgoing WMS requests from OL client?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:51:40AM -0700, Mike Quentel wrote:
> Thank you.  This example works:
> 
> var wmsLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS", 
>                       "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?", {layers: 'basic'});
>  
> wmsLayer.mergeNewParams({"beer": "good"});

The third parameter to the WMS Layer *is* parameters:

var wmsLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS", 
             "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?", {layers: 'basic',
             'beer':'good'});

mergeNewParams is designed for use after a layer is already in
existence. 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta