[OpenLayers-Users] Vector feature attribute name

[bartvde at osgis.nl]

I assume you are using Mapserver?

So why not create alias-es on your WFS?

"gml_res_co_reg_alias" "RES_CO_REG"

Best regards,
Bart

> Hi list,
>
>   I have a little problem with attribute names for vector features.  In
> my application, I have 2 data sources ( shapefiles and postGIS ) that
> share the exact same kind of data.  The only difference is the attribute
> names, which are respectively in uppercase and lowercase ( ex. :
> RES_CO_REG, res_co_reg )
>
>   My application must interact in both ways they are written ( or
> preferably, ANY way they are written), so before using an attribute
> name, I use this little function I've written :
>
> OpenLayers.Feature.Vector.prototype.getAttributeName = function (szName) {
>     szName = szName.toUpperCase();
>     var szAttribute, key;
>   for ( key in this.attributes ) {
>       szAttribute = key.toUpperCase();
>       if (szAttribute == szName)
>           return key;
>   }
>   return false;
> }
>
> This works on feature objects.  I didn't find a way to do it otherwise.
> Like when using the addUniqueValueRules function, I have to do the
> following :
> oRegStyleMap.addUniqueValueRules("default", "RES_CO_REG", aRegColor);
> oRegStyleMap.addUniqueValueRules("default", "res_co_reg", aRegColor);
>
>   To me, it seems like my solution is a big waste of time ( having to
> loop into each attribute name every time )...  Is there a better way to
> do it ?
>
> --
> Alexandre Dubé
> Mapgears
> www.mapgears.com
>
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