I have the answer. I needed this in my query layer:
METADATA qstring_validation_pattern '.' END Thanks, Lawrence. ________________________________ From: Pearson, Gregory Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:38 PM To: 'MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU' Subject: Itemquery Error I'm having a hard time finding information on this error: "mapserv(): Web application error. Metadata qstring_validation_pattern is not set." It is raised when I run an itemquery with the parameters: qlayer=cad, qitem=GISID, and qstring=1. The last parameter - qstring - should actually be a numeric. Here is the querystring: http://dmz-web-srv:81/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?zoomdir=0&zoomsize=2&layer=cit y&layer=cityborder&layer=park&layer=cad&layer=cadborder&layer=water&mode =itemquery&qlayer=cad&imgbox=&qitem=GISID&imgshape=&qstring=%221%22&maps hape=&map_CAD_tolerance=2&imgxy=200+150&imgext=1377116.003087+557733.625 000+1462348.472157+621604.573000&map=d%3A%5Cms4w%5Capache%5Chtdocs%5Cmap data%5Ccad.map&program=mapserv.exe&slayer=cad&previousmode=%5Bpreviousmo de%5D&savequery=true Greg