Sadly, there is a dot in the file name, so the .shp won't be appended automatically, as I said.
Since there is not an obvious solution, I am migrating to PostGIS. I already had part of the data in pg, so the change is minimal, and I am a database person anyway. It will be easier to use Django GIS when it is ready too. Thank you for the responses. El jue, 09-08-2007 a las 12:03 -0300, Gaston Izaguirre escribió: > Marcos, > > Check your mapfile for the definition of your vector layer: > Shapefiles are native to MapServer, and therefore do not require the .shp > extension in the DATA path of the LAYER. > > In fact, in order for MapServer to use the .qix extension you MUST NOT > specify the extension, for example: > > LAYER > ... > DATA us_states #MapServer will search for us_states.qix and will use it > ... > END > > LAYER > ... > DATA us_states.shp #MapServer will search for us_states.shp.qix and > won't find it > ... > END > > Extracted from > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/utilityreference/shptree > > Saludos, > Gaston. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marcos Sánchez Provencio" > To: <MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:37 AM > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] qix files > > > > Now that I've seen how kind you are... > > > > I get this warning I cannot ignore, since it comes up as an error: > > IOError at /simif/wms/mapserv/ > > msSearchDiskTree(): Unable to access file. Unable to open spatial index > > for > > /home/simif/src/simif/mapas/vardatos/PENINSULA_fc200708090001.4.shp.qix. > > In most cases you can safely ignore this message, otherwise check file > > names and permissions. > > > > Can I ignore the message (with some kind of ignore warnings flag)? Can I > > force it not to use qix file, no matter how slow it works? > > > > Alternatively, I have a shx file (some kind of index too, I guess), can > > I make it use that instead? > > > > Also, if I generate the qix file, mapbuilder either does not find > > PENINSULA_fc200708090001.4.shp (if i do not include .shp) or > > PENINSULA_fc200708090001.4.qix (if i do include it). Funny :-P > > > > Anything better than generating qix files and renaming them to .shp.qix? > >