Here's one example using new-style templating (recommend MapServer 5.4.1). We're querying some data and building a function that can be used to populate a drop down list on a page. In this case I'm returning a javascript file on-the-fly. You can also create javascript as part of a larger HTML page or just plain JSON or GEOJSON output. Anyway, please ask questions if you need to.
The TEMPLATE: // MapServer Template function updateCountyList(element) { var option; [resultset layer="counties"][feature] option = new Option("[CTY_NAME]", "[shpext format="$minx,$miny,$maxx,$maxy" precision=0 expand="10%"]"); try { element.add(option, null); } catch(e) { element.add(option); }[/feature][/resultset] } The OUTPUTFORMAT: OUTPUTFORMAT NAME 'county_select_list' DRIVER 'TEMPLATE' MIMETYPE 'text/javascript' FORMATOPTION 'ATTACHMENT=county_select_list.js' FORMATOPTION 'FILE=/templates/demo_county_select_list.js' END The call to the CGI to run it is: <script src="http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/mapserv54?map=demo.map&qlayer=counties&qformat=county_select_list&mode=nquery"></script> The output: function updateCountyList(element) { var option; option = new Option("Clearwater", "304963,5219538,337550,5326697"); try { element.add(option, null); } catch(e) { element.add(option); } option = new Option("Aitkin", "434591,5106383,498803,5213702"); try { element.add(option, null); } catch(e) { element.add(option); } option = new Option("Chisago", "486969,5013450,529584,5066587"); try { element.add(option, null); } catch(e) { element.add(option); } option = new Option("Blue Earth", "387528,4852924,441106,4904495"); try { element.add(option, null); } catch(e) { element.add(option); } } >>> On 6/25/2009 at 1:49 AM, in message <200906250649.n5p6ncsn007...@atom.scu.edu.au>, Greg Luker <glu...@scu.edu.au> wrote: > Hi mapserver-users, > > Steve Lime has indeed explained bits of using javascript in CGI query > templates, but I'm still lost. Are there any examples showing how to > use javascript in a query template to do things like, for example, > format the returned query result list to remove duplicate records? > > Thanks, > Greg. > > > Greg Luker > GIS Lab Manager, Southern Cross University > Lismore, AUSTRALIA. > glu...@scu.edu.au > phone 61 2 66203026 > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users