It has become apparent through some frustrating moments of trial and error that many of the mapfile variables that were changeable via URL with mapserver 4.10.x CGI seem no longer changeable with v5.x or 5.2.x. There is a hint from the docs that this is because of security concerns? Our java apps don't allow web users to directly interact with the CGI, so security doesn't seem so important in our case.
Some examples: map_web_metadata='text1' 'text2' map_layerName_filter=<expression> map_layerName_tileindex=<tileindex.shp> map_layerName_data=<datasource> allow changes to the mapfile via URL with mapserver 4.10.x Following the new syntax specified for v5 + I had expected map_web=metadata+"'text1' 'text2'" or maybe map_web_metadata[0]='text1'+'text2', map_layer[layerName]=filter+<expression>, map_layer[layerName]=tileindex+<tileindex.shp>, map_layer[layerName]=data+<datasource> to all perform in the time-honoured way. Only 'data' could be changed with this new mapserver 5 syntax. I happened to discover through the change logs that changing tileindex was reinstated for mapserver 5 CGI, but using the old mapserver 4.10 syntax (map_layerName_tileindex)=<tileindex.shp> - not the new mapserver 5 syntax style (map_layer[layerName]=tileindex+<tileindex.shp>). mapserv 5 CGI throws an error (Parsing error near (filter)) when the new syntax is used for filter and ignores the old 4.10 filter syntax. No URL syntax for changing the web object's metadata content appears acceptable to the mapserver 5. I would dearly like to see changing the layer filter via URL restored also to mapserver 5. And the web object's metadata setting functionality too. Can anyone indicate what mapfile properties are or are not going to be reinstated in mapserver 5 compared to mapserver 4 for change via URL? Obviously this has development ramifications for us when we try to upgrade mapserver. Alternatively, am I missing something with new mapserver 5 syntax? Graeme Watmuff -- Graeme Watmuff Geographic Web Solutions Pty Ltd 17 Tay Road Woodforde South Australia 5072 ph: + 61 8 83364463 _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
