$attributeName = $_REQUEST['attributename'];
if ($attributeName && $layerName) {
$msLayer = $map->getLayerByName($layerName);
if ($msLayer && ($msLayer->connectiontype == MS_POSTGIS || $msLayer->connectiontype == MS_ORACLESPATIAL)) {
// get dns string containing : type of database, user name, password, host and database :
$dsn = PluginsMapUtils::getDSNConnection($msLayer);
if ($dsn) {
// data substitution :
$data = PluginsMapUtils::getQueryParamsFromDataString($msLayer, false, true);
// DB :
$edb = new Easy_MDB2();
$edb->setDSN($dsn);
$edb->start();
// Query :
$db_table = $data['db_table'];
$mdb2FieldType = $edb->getFieldType($db_table, $attributeName);
switch ($mdb2FieldType) {
case 'integer':
case 'decimal':
case 'float':
case 'boolean':
$attributeType = 'N';
break;
case 'text':
case 'date':
case 'time':
case 'timestamp':
case 'blob':
case 'clob':
$attributeType = 'S';
break;
