Re: [Geoserver-users] External update of shape files

[Milan A. <mil...@gm...>]

Your right Andrea!
I've made some tests and, the index files are recreated with newer versions.

Many thanks

  Milan

2009/6/3 Andrea Aime <aa...@op...>

> Milan Antonovic ha scritto:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I am in doubt about the shape file datastore.
>> I have created a datastore with a shape file.
>>
>> example:
>>
>>    * mylay.shp
>>    * mylay.shx
>>    * mylay.dbf
>>
>> After the creation GS add two files:
>>
>>    * mylay.fix
>>    * mylay.qix
>>
>> The questions are:
>>  What happen if I replace (everyday) the first tree files with some new
>> generated?
>>  Does the data store and the relative layers have to be reinitialized?
>>
>
> I don't think so, provided the attribute structure does not change
> (if it does, yes, you have to rebuild the feature type in the config).
> Mind the bbox in the capabilities won't be updated thought.
>
> The .fix and .qix files are indexes. GeoServer should be smart enough
> to recognize they are old compared to the shapefile and replace them
> with newer versions, but I never tried what you're suggesting, so
> have a look. If they are not replaced automatically at the next
> request after the replacement, wipe out the old ones when you're
> replacing the main three files (this should force their re-creation)
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
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