We had this problem too. When we load data into SDE we now use a UTF8 keyword so that the string columns use varchar type instead of nvarchar.
Cheers, Liz Eidsness On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Bistrais, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thanks Howard. Has anyone ever been able to find a workaround (besides > using shapefiles)? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:31 PM > To: Bistrais, Bob > Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Labels with SDE data > > > On Dec 9, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote: > > > I am using ESRI SDE layers in a Map file. On some polygon layers, a > > text label appears as a strange symbol, such as horizontal lines or a > > square. If I convert the same layer to shapefile and use it as a > > source, the polygon labels look correct. > > > > How can I correct this so the labels look correct using SDE layers? > > > > The column you are labeling with likely has unicode characters in it > and there is a bug in the MapServer SDE code. See this thread for > some more detail. > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2008-November/058674.ht > ml<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2008-November/058674.html> > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >
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