Re: [mapserver-users] Edit database attribute

[Puneet Kishor <pkishor@GeoAnalytics.com>]

Erwin,


On Saturday, May 4, 2002, at 12:58  PM, E Perik wrote:

> * load layer (shapefile)
> * select item (polygon or point)
> * edit selected item's dbase-value's

if you simply want to edit the dbase values, what's stopping you from 
using PHP or Perl, both of which can easily read and write dbase files.

As long as are not wanting to delete a shape, editing dbase files is 
trivial. Use Mapserver to select a shape, view its dbase data, edit 'em, 
write 'em back out again.



> As it needs to be a stand alone application, MapObjects is very
> suitable.
keep in mind that MapObjects is not free. In fact, it is rather 
expensive.

> Does anyone have some experience with editing database values of shapes
> / points / annotations with MapObjects or any 'tool' ?
keep in mind also that MapObjects requires messing around with VB (ugh).

pk/