Re: [udig-devel] Re: WFS bugs in RC8 Fixed

[Jesse Eichar <jeichar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have been trying to connect to a Mapserver WFS with RC8.  When I  
> saw Jesse's
> note I wondered if I need to download another build.  At this  
> moment the nightly
> build appears to be missing from the site.  That is what I want,  
> right?  I
> assume that the RC8 download would not change.

That is correct.  I gather that the nightly build failed last night  
so that is why it is missing.  I will be up tonight.  I'm also going  
to make another release.  I just have to further test the changes to  
the WMS renderer that cory made.

> I recently posted to mapserver-user to find out if anyone has been  
> successful
> using udig as a WFS client, but didn't get any replies about that.   
> Can anyone
> here comment about that?  I am also trying QGis and *choke* Arc.   
> Are there any
> other WFS clients out there that I should try?  Thanks.

I have used uDig with mapserver's WFS a few times.  But I have to say  
that Mapserver's WFS is not very good.  A large part of that is  
because they do not support post which limits the filters that can be  
sent.  I don't think we have a check for that yet so it is possible  
for a request to fail because of it.  Although that is not common for  
normal usage but could potentially be an issue for rendering  
complicated styles.


Jesse