[MS4W-Users] SDE

[Yves Moisan]

I guess my initial question was a bit silly since the same version of a
specialplugins/dll (e.g. SDE 9.3) differs between MS4W 2.3.1 (MS 5.2.1)
and 3.0.0B7 (MS 5.4.2) so I can't mix and match.  I can't easily switch
between MS4W installations, namely because I have mod_python configured
on an Apache instance already, so I was wondering how risky it would be
to adapt my MS4W 2.3.1 by shoving what's necessary to connect to SDE
9.3.1, which I think would be :

- MapServer
- GDAL
- All dlls in specialplugins and gdalplugins

I guess that means pretty much turning my 2.3.1 into 3.0.0B7 ...

At any rate, has anyone succeeded connecting to an ArcSDE 9.3.1 and if
so using what stack exactly ?

TIA,

Yves

> Hi All,
> 
> We have to connect to an ArcSDE 9.3.1 and I noticed that the MS4W we
> have in place (2.3.1) has specialplugins dlls for 9.1 and 9.2.  I was
> wondering if I could just use the specialplugins dll for 9.3 that ships
> with MS4W 3.0.0B7 in my 2.3.1 or are the dlls dependent on the MapServer
> version ?   Or am I good to go because the dll relies on code old enough
> in MS that hasn't changed between 5.2.1 and whatever MS is shipped with
> MS4W ?  
> 
> Also, I'd like to know what the best practice is for SDE in the mapfile.
> What is the difference between how CONNECTIONTYPE SDE [1] and
> CONNECTIONTYPE PLUGIN [2] are handled ?  Any difference in performance,
> ease of use, etc ?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Yves
> 
> [1] http://mapserver.org/input/vector/arcsde.html
> [2] http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=README_INSTALL.html
> 
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