[OpenLayers-Users] Feature's attributes

[Alexandre Dube]

In the example : feature.fid before INSERT is null, but as something after.
In my app : feature.fid is null before AND after.  But as soon as I 
refresh the page, its has something.

??

Alexandre Dube wrote:
> Hi list,
>
>   I'm using WFS Protocol to INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE features.  So far, 
> I've been able to INSERT geometry and DELETE.  Now, I'd like to add some 
> attributes with an html form.  I was wondering if there's already 
> something for that in OL, something that takes care of parsing 
> attributes to a feature.  I tried feature.attributes['attribute_name'] = 
> "some text" and it works, but doesn't seem ok to me.
>
>   I also noticed that when I INSERT a new geometry, it doesn't gets its 
> 'gid' attribute.  It only appears when I refresh the page.  Should that 
> attribute be saved to the feature's attributes at the same time they are 
> INSERTed ?  I look the WFS-Transaction example (3) and noticed that 
> there's no 'gid' attribute anywhere...
>
>   Also, if I (1) INSERT then try immediately to UPDATE, I get an error 
> 500.  But if (2) I refresh then UPDATE, no error 500 ( I can go beyond 
> that error, well I get an other one but it doesn't matter right 
> now....)  I think it has more something to do with the "fid" in the GML 
> as follow :
>
>   >(1) My first GML ( that's not working ) has :<ogc:FeatureId/>
>   >(2) My second GML ( working ) has <ogc:FeatureId 
> fid="bdga_route_l_arc.7199"/>
>   >(3) And the example has :<ogc:FeatureId fid="restricted.55"/>, even 
> if it has no attributes !
>
> Any hints ?
>
>   


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Alexandre Dubé
Mapgears
www.mapgears.com