Thanks Dave, that is true, the SHP does appear when refreshing within Studio Preview window, but it is still not available to the code. I wonder if there is a SESSION based version of a Data Preview "refresh" so that I can see the new shp file in the Alias folder...
gordon Dave Wilson-3 wrote: > > Open your Data Connection and save it again. You could preview to ensure > it picks up the new files first. This assumes of course you have MG > Studio. Not sure if any of the other tools have the previews. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of GordonL > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mapguide-users] External SHP file Refresh? > > > Hi all, > I know that one has to restart the server to see the new External File > Alias, but is this true for additional files added to that folder? > > How does one refresh the Data Connection to that folder to see the new > file? > > My workflow: > 1. User uploads a SHP/DBF/PRJ file into the Aliased folder on the server. > 2. Programatically connect to the SHP Data Connection that points to that > folder. > 3. Loops over the Features, harvesting coordinates for inserts into Oracle > Spatial (using Bind Variables with PHP). > > Everything works if I restart the service, but I really need to upload the > SHP and then use the Data Connection to use the Feature Reader to get the > geometries. > (I know I can use the SHPLIB outside of MapGuide...but I really like > MapGuide!). > > Can anyone suggest another way? Do I really have to restart the service > to > see the new SHP files in the folder? I thought I only had to restart for > new Aliases, not files within them.. > > regards, > gordon > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/External-SHP-file-Refresh--tp21061784p21061784.html > Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/External-SHP-file-Refresh--tp21061784p21063818.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
