Hello list,
I'm wondering if there is currently any way to escape double quotes in
mapfile properties. As an example, I want to be able to use a query on
a PostGIS table as the data source for a layer, where columns' aliases
have double quotes around them, as is normally done in PostgreSQL when
spaces or other characters are involved (e.g., the following would crash
MapServer 4.8:
DATA "the_geom from (select id as \"Field ID\", the_geom from sometable)
as foo using unique \"Field ID\" using srid 5326;"
I also tried using two double quotes, but that didn't work either. I
noticed some discussion in a bug report related to this from a while
back (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=681), but as far
as I can tell, it hasn't been addressed. I can come up with my own
workarounds for the problems, but I'd rather be sure whether or not this
is possible first...
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Mike
