[mapserver-users] NAME limit of 20 characters

2011-08-16 Thread Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
Hi list, I am bit confused about the 20 character limit for LAYER-NAME that the MAP file documentation suggests. NAME [string] Short name for this layer. Limit is 20 characters. This name is the link between the mapfile and web interfaces that refer to this name. They must be identical. The

Re: [mapserver-users] NAME limit of 20 characters

2011-08-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Bart, I looked at this this morning when you reported it...and I also couldn't find where this limit exists. I tested with a 100 character string and didn't have a problem with 6.1-dev. I have removed that limit text from the docs, and I've added a note about spaces, special characters,