Sharing the snippet of mapfile would help... Steve
>>> On 9/15/2008 at 3:35 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Lee Keel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > > > > Thanks for the reply, but I can't seem to get this to work. When I > change my mapfile to use this new attribute column, that layer (and most > all my others) go away and I get this as the response in FF: > > > > <HTML> > > > > <HEAD><TITLE>MapServer Message</TITLE></HEAD> > > > > <!-- MapServer version 5.0.0 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG > OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT > > > > =SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER > SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER > > > > SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER > SUPPORTS=FASTCGI SUPPORTS=THREADS SUPPORTS > > > > =GEOS INPUT=JPEG INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE --> > > > > <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> > > > > getSymbol(): Symbol definition error. Parsing error near > (symcolor):(line 1684) > > > > </BODY></HTML> > > > > I added the column to my query and add that column name, in [] to my > class item. Is there something that I am missing? > > > > Please note: I have looked at the > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-19/ page and I think > I understand what is required. But now I am thinking that this is not > in MS4W 2.2.6. Can anyone answer if that is the case? And if so, is > there another solution like this around that version? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Lee > > > > From: Fawcett, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 9:51 AM > To: Lee Keel; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Different color for each row and it's > child > > > > I would suggest creating a column in table A to store a color value and > pre-populating it. You would want to store the RGB triplet (e.g. '255 0 > 0'). I assume that you could have some sort of a stored proc that gets > triggered when a new record gets added. > > > > Using the new attribute binding in MapServer 5, you could then just set > the feature color by specifying the column name in the style in your map > file layer definition. > > > > Something like: > > > > STYLE > > COLOR [myColorColumn] > > OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0 > > END > > > > As soon as someone kicks the MapServer site server and it restarts, I > suggest looking at the map file reference document under style. > > > > Also, make sure that your color column is specified in the query in your > data statement. > > > > David. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Keel > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 9:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mapserver-users] Different color for each row and it's > child > > I had a client request something that sounds really cool, but I > don't know how to do it (or if it is even possible in mapserver). > > > > First, my setup: > > I am running MS4W 2.6 on windows xp against postgis 8.2 > database. I have table A that has anywhere from 4 to 35 rows. And > table B which could have several hundred rows each relating back to one > of the rows from table A. > > > > For Example: > > TableA > > > > ID Name > > 1 t > > 2 t2 > > 3 t3 > > 4 t4 > > > > > > TableB > > ID ta_id Value > > 1 1 something > > 2 1 something else > > 3 1 test > > 4 2 foo > > 5 2 bar > > 6 3 done > > > > Now my problem: > > The client would like to see all the rows rendered from tableA > as different colors. These colors can be random, it doesn't matter. On > top of this, they want to see all the associated rows in tableB as the > same color as their parent from tableA. > > > > Can I add a column to tableA and use that as a value in the > mapfile for the style? And if so, how? > > > > I would greatly appreciate any help that anyone can provide. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Lee _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
