Hi, On Apr 21, 2010, at 15:02 , sasamil wrote:
> > Hallo All, > > this piece of code (filter) evaluates only string values??! > > var strFilter = > '<ogc:Filter > xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc";><ogc:PropertyIsGreaterThan><ogc:PropertyName>numberOfCitizens</ogc:PropertyName><ogc:Literal>'+value+'</ogc:Literal></ogc:PropertyIsGreaterThan></ogc:Filter>'; > > var wfsurl = > "http://localhost:81/ogc/cities.phpSERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0.0&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=GetFeature&TYPENAME=mycities&FILTER="; > + strFilter; > > OpenLayers.loadURL(wfsurl, "", null, highlight_received_features); The above code has nothing to do with OpenLayers - you create an XML filter as string, and it gets processed by your server. > So, I get the surprising results; the (highlighted) town with 7500 > inhabitats IS GREATER THAN the city of 10000 inhabitants!? > > It is obvious that the filter evaluates only string values. If I change the > value 7500 to 07500 (in my gml input file), I get the correct results. > > How can I overcome this problem? * Check if the numberOfCitizens field on your server is a numeric field * Ask the support of your server if you still have problems > How can I say to my filter - "compare numbers not strings"? Usually this is determined by the type of the field you use the filter on. Regards, Andreas. > > Regards! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Filter-evaluates-only-string-values-tp4936788p4936788.html > Sent from the OpenLayers Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
