From 2e3fce1000e313164af6d2f859d5d654984cc264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sdlime <steve.lime@state.mn.us>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:23:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore the return status from filter translation. Let
 MapServer handle cases where translation fails.

---
 mapdraw.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mapdraw.c b/mapdraw.c
index 465c47f166..11e7aea480 100644
--- a/mapdraw.c
+++ b/mapdraw.c
@@ -886,10 +886,11 @@ int msDrawVectorLayer(mapObj *map, layerObj *layer, imageObj *image)
   if(!msLayerSupportsCommonFilters(layer))
     status = msLayerTranslateFilter(layer, &layer->filter, layer->filteritem);
 
-  if(status != MS_SUCCESS) {
-    msLayerClose(layer);
-    return MS_FAILURE;
-  }
+  /* we ignore the translation status here - MapServer will fall back to its own expression evaluation */
+  // if(status != MS_SUCCESS) {
+  //  msLayerClose(layer);
+  //  return MS_FAILURE;
+  // }
 
   /* identify target shapes */
   if(layer->transform == MS_TRUE) {