Armin,

That did it!  Thanks so much.

JB

-----Original Message----- 
From: Armin Burger
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:38 PM
To: pmapper-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [pmapper-users] FILTER on a SHAPEFILE

you have to put the string field also in quotes, like

'[PolyType]' = 'SQUARE’


On 09/02/2012 04:56, John Beck wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am trying to use FILTER in my mapfile.  I am using this expression
>
> FILTER ([PolyType] = 'SQUARE’ and [PolyID] = 9)
>
> I have two fields in my shapfile (PolyType and PolyID) and I have a record 
> with PolyType = SQUARE and PolyID = 9
> The PolyType field is a string and the PolyID field is an integer.
>
> When I use this expression
>
> FILTER ([PolyID] = 9)
>
> It works fine, but if I try and filter on the PolyType field (a string) it 
> bombs.
>
> I have tried every combination for the String ‘SQUARE’ with and without 
> quotes
> but I cannot get it to work.  Any ideas?
>
> JB
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