On 12/4/06, Hal Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A bit more detail about the search would help--coding environment? search parameterization? DB attributes?
there're more than 1 coding environments. search database is oracle on a different server. i am on a different server running my map service making maps on demand. i am also running my geocoding service on demand. i want to tie my 2 services for whoever wants it. my question really is- how do i best do the tie up? On 12/4/06, Hal Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Geocoding after every search will be slow, and a heavy load. IMO you would do better by geocoding all of the points in your search database once, and storing that.
yeah the visitor'd have to wait but i am trying to avoid mixing search database (oracle, non-spatial) with geocode database (postgresql, spatial). On 12/4/06, Hal Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1 run search 2 generate unique filename string (say "xyzzy12345") 3 create xyzzy12345.dbf with the attributes of your search 4 ln -s permgeocode.shp xyzzy12345.shp ln -s permgeocode.shx xyzzy12345.shx etc. now you have a shapefile whose attributes are the search results for a particular query, and you can display it normally, without having to think about the fact that it came from a search query.
didn't quite get that. i don't think i am struggling with shp creation. see, the search runs on a separate server on a separate database. that server'd then feed my server with the results. i get to geocode the results and show them on a fancy map ;). jzs
