In that case you could use a regex for the classes with multiple matches. (E.g. EXPRESSION /cherry|mango|lime/) Performance penalty is not as large as for logical expressions and this is probably faster than maintaining list.
Steve >>> On 8/13/2009 at 8:50 AM, in message <[email protected]>, "Lars Westerlind" <[email protected]> wrote: > AFAIK currently I write > > > > CLASSITEM "flavor" > > ... > > EXPRESSION "cherry" > > > > > > Suggested extension would be to allow for > > > > CLASSITEM > > ... > > EXPRESSION "cherry","mango","lime" > > > > But really, syntax is not my concern. A could very well use expressions, but > the documentation says they are not good for performance. And my first > question is if I've missed something? > > > > ________________________________ > > Från: Fawcett, David [mailto:[email protected]] > Skickat: 13 August 2009 15:39 > Till: Lars Westerlind; [email protected] > Ämne: RE: [mapserver-users] Classitems selection > > > > Do you mean something like ('[flavor]' IN ('cherry', 'mango', 'lime')? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lars > Westerlind > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mapserver-users] Classitems selection > > I use the CLASSITEM - EXPRESSION with string expression rather much, which is > also recommended for performance. But sometimes I have a few values that > could be shown in the same class. Wouldn't it be a nice idea to allow for a > commaseparated set/list of strings to match? > > > > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
