the *attribute* search in p.mapper is independent of the current map extent since it's not applied on the map object before running the queryByAttribute() method (there's no difference between normal shape layers and tileindex layers). So it uses the default extent defined in the map file.
armin On 16/02/2009 19:55, Kevin Edmundson wrote: > Thanks for the information. I think I will use that on my image files. > > > However...I do not want to limit the searching of a vector layer to just > the current view. A user might be searching for 'SMITH' as a last name > for parcel information and they might exist outside the currently viewed > data. > > Unless there is a way to use the TileIndex that way, is my only option > to combine the actual shapefiles into one gigantic one and use it as the > source for the layer? > > Kevin Edmundson > CIO > WTH Technology, Inc > 567 W Westfield Blvd > Indianapolis, IN 46208 > 317.259.0105 office > 317.259.1423 fax > 317.501.8560 mobile > kevin.edmund...@wthtechnology.com > > NOTICE: This message is from the technology firm WTH Technology, Inc. > This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it > is directed. If you are not the addressee, or if this message has been > addressed to you in error, you are not authorized to use, read, copy or > distribute this message and any attachments, and we ask that you please > immediately delete this message and attachments (including all copies), > and notify the sender by return e-mail so that our records can be > corrected. All personal messages express views only of the sender, which > are not to be attributed to WTH Technology, Inc, and may not be > distributed or copied without this statement. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Armin Burger [mailto:armin.bur...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:37 PM > To: Kevin Edmundson > Cc: pmapper-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [pmapper-users] search.xml > > If you combine all 9 shape datasets in 1 tileindex layer insetad of 9 > separate layers > (see http://mapserver.org/optimization/tileindex.html) > then the search should go through all single shapes and retrieve all > parcels. I think that also the suggest definition works (with > connectiontype="ms") with tileindex layers. > > armin > > On 16/02/2009 17:51, Kevin Edmundson wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> >> >> I have a map file that contains multiple shape files for parcels that >> are separated by townships meaning that I have 9 shape files that >> comprise different geographical regions of one governmental entity. >> >> >> >> I would like to give the user the ability to have a search function > that >> would be by OwnerName. Each of these layers (shapefiles) has a filed >> OwnerName. I was wondering if there was a way to configure the >> search.xml such that one SearchItem entry would search ALL 9 layers > for >> that particular field value and return the result? >> >> >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> Kevin Edmundson >> >> CIO >> >> WTH Technology, Inc >> >> 567 W Westfield Blvd >> >> Indianapolis, IN 46208 >> >> 317.259.0105 office >> >> 317.259.1423 fax >> >> 317.501.8560 mobile >> >> kevin.edmund...@wthtechnology.com >> >> >> >> NOTICE: This message is from the technology firm WTH Technology, Inc. >> This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it >> is directed. If you are not the addressee, or if this message has been >> addressed to you in error, you are not authorized to use, read, copy > or >> distribute this message and any attachments, and we ask that you > please >> immediately delete this message and attachments (including all > copies), >> and notify the sender by return e-mail so that our records can be >> corrected. All personal messages express views only of the sender, > which >> are not to be attributed to WTH Technology, Inc, and may not be >> distributed or copied without this statement. >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source > code: SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> pmapper-users mailing list >> pmapper-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pmapper-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ pmapper-users mailing list pmapper-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pmapper-users
