On Thursday, July 30, 2009, Alexandre Leroux <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list, > > A simple question. In OL, can we do a GetFeatureInfo without setting up > a Proxy? > > The http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/GetFeatureInfo page doesn't mention > the need of a proxy. > > Before you ask, everything is hosted on the same server (the data, the > WMS server, OpenLayers and MapFish) :-)
Hi. Note that same server does not mean same origin. Same origin means same (host,port) tuple. > > > Neither > http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost and > http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/WMSManager mention that the proxy > requirement also applies to the GetFeatureInfo request. > > > Context: we're setting up MapFish/OpenLayers on one of the highest > traffic website of Canada (http://weather.gc.ca) and the technical staff are > having difficulties setting up the Proxy. If there was a workaround not > involving a proxy, that would be great. > > I just rejoined the OL list after two years of absence for this > question, I'll move out again in the coming days, you can reach me > directly on [email protected] - thank you > > > Thank you for any feedback! > > Alex :) > -- > Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing. > Environnement Canada / Environment Canada > Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre > Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales / > Environmental Emergency Response Section > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Eric Lemoine Camptocamp France SAS Savoie Technolac, BP 352 73377 Le Bourget du Lac, Cedex Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 96 Mail : [email protected] http://www.camptocamp.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
