On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 09:46:47AM +0700, Ben Madin wrote: > Hello List, > > I wonder if you can help me then, > > On 13/03/2009, at 9:08 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: # apologies if I > have cut this out incorrectly... > > >>>Please don't use Layer.MapServer unless you have to. It is really > >>>only > >>>there for pople who are uanble to configure the server side of their > >>>MapSever to act as a WMS, and it will cause you more pain than you > >>>will > >>>gain. > > I have a mapserver layer, and it is using dates from the html page > (start & end) as parameters for the postgis query of points. > > in my mapserver layer, I use the %start% & %end% variable > substitution to only capture the points in the window I am interested > in. > > I looked at the above advice, but I can't get the same substitution to > work using the WMS setup.
The WMS layer capitalizes all key names, so you can change it to "%START%" and it will work. > Should I be able to do this, am I missing something, or is there > another way around doing this? > > Or is this a good example of continuing to use mapserver? If you have need for "?start=" to work instead of ?START=, then you would need MapServer to continue to be able to do that. If you don't need that, or you can change other clients, then you could use a Layer.WMS and change your mapfile. -- Chris > cheers > > Ben > > > > -- > > Ben Madin > AusVet Animal Health Services > P.O. Box 5467 > Broome WA 6725 > Australia > > t : +61 8 9192 5455 > f : +61 8 9192 5535 > m : 0448 887 220 > e : [email protected] > > AusVet's website: http://www.ausvet.com.au > > This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is > confidential information. If you have received this transmission in > error, please delete it and notify the sender. The contents of this > email are the opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by > AusVet Animal Health Services unless expressly stated otherwise. > Although AusVet uses virus scanning software we do not accept > liability for viruses or similar in any attachments. > > -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
