Hello list, when Mapserver 5 got a WMS request like this: mapserv?request=getcapabilities&map=mymap.map
it responded with an wms_exception saying that the SERVICE parameter was missing. Mapserver 6 can not decide if the request if for a wms service or another ows service and responds with: mapserv(): Web application error. Traditional BROWSE mode requires a TEMPLATE in the WEB section, but none was provided. The problem is that the error from Mapserver 6, apart from its user unfriendlyness for ows-requests, is reported by writeError() in mapserv.c which calls exit() even if we are running under FastCGI. As this error is non fatal I consider this a bug. Less important: I also think mapserver could be a bit more helpful. An error message like: Traditional BROWSE mode requires a TEMPLATE in the WEB section, but none was provided. For OWS-requests the SERVICE-parameter is needed. Or maybe msOWSDispatch could check for all known requests (getmap, getcapabilities, etc) and return an exception instead of returning MS_DONE to mapserv.c -- Erik Gustafson _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users