[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [postgis-users] help with WMS query Mapserver and post

Edu Montaña edumon20 at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 14 01:46:40 PDT 2007


Hi to all, I already found the error,it was that the data base not had 
definiidos cast box3d->* and some that another one cast box2d, solved this 
whole works perfectly.

Thanks to all.


>From: Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
>To: Edu Montaña <edumon20 at hotmail.com>
>CC: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [postgis-users] help with WMS query 
>Mapserver and post
>Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:26:11 +0100
>
>
>Hi Edu, that shouldn't be neccesary as when a table is declared without a 
>schema name, it is put/looked up in the public schema anyway???
>Though..., I myself am doing some testing and have a DATA string like:
>DATA 'the_geom FROM (select *, oid from "public"."testpoints") as foo using 
>unique oid using SRID=28992'
>(so I DO use the public schema string?), try and see.
>
>Some other tests/things you can do:
>- either in psql or in pgadmin3, connect to the same database as the same 
>user as you have in your mapfile and try to fire the DATA-query select 
>string and see if that results in your records/geometries.
>
>- do you have something like:
>CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
>CONNECTION "host=localhost dbname=testgis password='xxxx' user=user"
>in your mapfile? (probably anyway, otherwise you should get those 
>errormessages...)
>
>- I 'wrote' my first postgresql-mapfile by using the free qgis 
>(http://qgis.org/) to connect to the database, and then use the option 
>'Export to Mapserver Map' to write a starting for a mapfile. It's a very 
>fine tool for viewing postgis data!
>
>- you are sure you can see all functions and casts in the database you are 
>using? You have to use the scripts for every db you have. pgadmin3 shows 
>you all functions and casts in a nice and easy way for a given database.
>
>Ok that's all I know :-) Good luck.
>
>Richard
>
>
>Edu Montaña wrote:
>>Hello Steven and Richard, thanks for yours quick responses.
>>In answer to Steven, yes I have in my .map file the WEB sentence like 
>>following:
>>
>>     WEB
>>         METADATA
>>             "wms_title" "Map File 01"
>>
>>                        "wms_fees" "none"
>>             "wms_onlineresource" 
>>"http://127.0.0.1:81/cgi-bin/mapserv40/mapserv?map=/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mapfile_01.map&"
>>
>>                        "wms_latlonboundingbox" "-180,-180,180,180"
>>                        "wms_formatlist" 
>>"image/gif,image/png,image/jpg,image/jpeg,image/tif,image/bmp"
>>         END
>>
>>        IMAGEPATH "/tmp/"
>>     LOG "/usr/local/apache2/logs/mapserver.log"
>>  END
>>
>>
>>In answer to Richard, yes when I installed postgis, I executed:
>>    psql -d [yourdatabase] -f lwpostgis.sql
>>and
>>    psql -d [yourdatabase] -f spatial_ref_sys.sql
>>
>>Watching several post with errors similar to mine , I don't know if it can 
>>be because I don't have append in front of the table name the schema 
>>public:
>>
>>DATA "the_geom from layer_07"
>>
>>I have't been able to prove this last one.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Edu
>>
>>>From: Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
>>>To: edumon20 at hotmail.com
>>>CC: Steven De Vriendt <gisaalter at GMAIL.COM>, 
>>>MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [postgis-users] help with WMS query 
>>>Mapserver and postgis
>>>Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:33:40 +0100
>>>
>>>Hi Edu,
>>>
>>>did you run the proper scripts in the debian postgresql-8.1-postgis 
>>>package, as described in the README.Debian.gz? :
>>>
>>>quote:
>>>
>>>NOTE: To install PostGIS you must run the lwpostgis.sql script in each
>>>   PostgreSQL database you want PostGIS in as the PostgreSQL superuser
>>>   (generally the 'postgres' user)!  The Debian utilities do not do
>>>   this automatically as they can't be sure what state your database is 
>>>in,
>>>   what database(s) you would want PostGIS installed in, or how to
>>>   authenticate as the PostgreSQL superuser to your database.  It is 
>>>likely
>>>   that a PostGIS user would also want the Spatial References installed 
>>>and
>>>   so it is recommended that the spatial_ref_sys.sql also be run in each
>>>   database you have PostGIS installed in.
>>>
>>>For me it looks like you either miss the spatial functions, or casts 
>>>which are defined in these scripts? See the error:
>>>'ERROR: function setsrid(box3d, integer) does not exist HINT: No function 
>>>matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit 
>>>type casts. '
>>>
>>>Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>Richard
>>>
>>>Steven De Vriendt wrote:
>>>>Edu,
>>>>
>>>>Have you declared the WEB-parameter in your map-file ?
>>>>Should be something like this:
>>>>
>>>>WEB
>>>>  IMAGEPATH "c:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
>>>>  IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
>>>>METADATA
>>>>  "wms_title" "Aalter_WMS"
>>>>  "wms_onlineresource"
>>>>"http://localhostcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/chameleon/samples/map/wmsserver.map&"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  "wms_srs" "EPSG:31300"
>>>>END
>>>>END
>>>>
>>>>You have to define this before using mapserver as WMS-server.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Steven
>>>>
>>>>On 3/10/07, Edu Montaña <edumon20 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>Hello, I'm newbie in mapserver and postgis, and I have a problem that I
>>>>>don't know how to fix it. I have installed mapserver in a debian system 
>>>>>with
>>>>>postgis, but when I make a request WMS I obtain the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>>msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 
>>>>>'layer_07'.
>>>>>prepare_database(): Query error. Error executing POSTGIS DECLARE (the 
>>>>>actual
>>>>>query) statement: 'DECLARE mycursor BINARY CURSOR FOR SELECT
>>>>>asbinary(force_collection(force_2d(the_geom)),'NDR'),gid::text from 
>>>>>layer_07
>>>>>WHERE the_geom && setSRID('BOX3D(63208.0999421528
>>>>>4203763.49990343,404291.899999981 4487999.99999998)'::BOX3D,
>>>>>find_srid('','layer_07','the_geom') )' Postgresql reports the error as
>>>>>'ERROR: function setsrid(box3d, integer) does not exist HINT: No 
>>>>>function
>>>>>matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit 
>>>>>type
>>>>>casts. ' More Help: Error with POSTGIS data variable. You specified 
>>>>>'check
>>>>>your .map file'. Standard ways of specifiying are : (1) 
>>>>>'geometry_column
>>>>>from geometry_table' (2) 'geometry_column from (sub query) as foo using
>>>>>unique column name using SRID=srid#' Make sure you put in the 'using 
>>>>>unique
>>>>>column name' and 'using SRID=#' clauses in. For more help, please see
>>>>>http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/ Mappostgis.c - version of 
>>>>>Jan
>>>>>23/2004.
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't understand this error because I have defined in my database the
>>>>>function setsrid.
>>>>>I tried to define in the data declaration in my .map file the 
>>>>>following:
>>>>>         DATA "the_geom from layer_07 using unique the_geom using 
>>>>>SRID=23030"
>>>>>but it doesn't work.
>>>>>My WMS query is:
>>>>>http://192.168.0.66:80/cgi-bin/mapserv40/mapserv?map=/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/mapservertest.mapSERVICE=WMS&Request=GetMap&LAYERS=layer_07&format=image/jpeg&bbox=222966.0,4416557.0,223027.0,4416597.0&srs=EPSG:23030&styles=default&VERSION=1.1.1&Height=600&Width=500
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>My layer declaration on the .map file is the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>         LAYER
>>>>>                 NAME "layer_07"
>>>>>                 TYPE POLYGON
>>>>>                 STATUS ON
>>>>>                 CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS
>>>>>                 CONNECTION "host=192.168.0.147 dbname=testdb 
>>>>>user=postgres
>>>>>password=postgres port=5432"
>>>>>                 DATA "the_geom from layer_07"
>>>>>                 TRANSPARENCY 25
>>>>>
>>>>>                 CLASS
>>>>>                         NAME 'layer_07'
>>>>>                         COLOR           188 229 193
>>>>>                         OUTLINECOLOR    0 0 0
>>>>>                 END
>>>>>
>>>>>                 METADATA
>>>>>                         "wms_name" "layer_07"
>>>>>                         "wms_title" "Layer 07."
>>>>>                 END
>>>>>
>>>>>                 PROJECTION
>>>>>                         "init=epsg:23030"
>>>>>                 END
>>>>>         END
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I hope that your can help me, it very urgent.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>>P.D.: Sorry for my poor english
>>>>>
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