Merge pull request #873 from geographika/template-missing-field

Add ignoremissing property to template docs
MapServer · Feb 2, 2024 · 9e34972 · 9e34972
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diff --git a/en/mapfile/template.txt b/en/mapfile/template.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 :Contact: frank.koormann at intevation.de
 :Author: Jeff McKenna
 :Contact: jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
-:Last Updated: 2021-03-30
+:Last Updated: 2024-01-25
 
 .. contents:: Table of Contents
     :depth: 2
@@ -717,12 +717,12 @@ processed as a result of a query.
      Available attributes:
 
      - name =
-             The name of an attribute, case insenstive. (required)
+             The name of an attribute, case insensitive. (required)
 
      - precision =
              The number of decimal places to use for numeric data. Use
              of this will force display as a number and will lead to
-             unpredicable results with non-numeric data.
+             unpredictable results with non-numeric data.
 
      - pattern =
              Regular expression to compare the value of an item
@@ -750,15 +750,22 @@ processed as a result of a query.
              complex presentation. Default is to output only the
              value.
 
+     - ignoremissing = 
+             Set this attribute to "true" to ignore errors if the
+             attribute set in name is missing for the feature. In this case
+             the nullformat value will be used, or an empty
+             string if not set. Useful for using the same template
+             for multiple datasets with variations in attribute names.
+
      - nullformat =
              String to output if the attribute value is NULL, empty or
              doesn't match the pattern (if defined). If not set and
              any of these conditions occur the item tag is replaced
              with an empty string.
 
      - padding =
-             Set to an integer value to pad an item value with spaces 
-             to the right. Useful to create fixed width strings. 
+             Set to an integer value to pad an item value with spaces
+             to the right. Useful to create fixed width strings.
 
      As a simple example:
      ::