[mapserver-users] trying to test my install with the sample d ata

[Martin, Daniel]

Seth,
"No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING not set."  This is a good
message, believe it or not.  With an empty query string (meaning nothing
like ?someVar=blah&someOtherVar=blah after mapserv.exe) this is exactly what
you should get.  That tells me, at the very least, you have the permissions
set up correctly and mapserv.exe is ready to go.

MapServer requires certain things be passed to it.  If you work with the
demo, the initialization page sets up the query string.  

If you are getting the prompt to Save or Open, this usually indicates bad
headers being returned from the CGI app (mapserv.exe).  This usually tells
me you probably haven't installed the proper libraries.  For the
ms36_gdal_pg_wms.zip distribution you need the  ms35_libs.zip, which is
found near the bottom of the same web page.  Extract every file, except
readme.txt, into your C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory.

If you have already done that step, let us know.

-Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Rodriguez [mailto:srodriguez at maguiregroup.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:15 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; 'Thomas Bartlett'; 'Shaun Kolomeitz'
Subject: [mapserver-users] trying to test my install with the sample data


Hey all. Thanx to all for your much appreciated help and patience. I believe
that I have gotten the third win32 binary (ms36gif_gdal_pg_wms.zip) loaded
properly using IIS on my desktop winXP machine, and I am trying to test it
with the sample data. Using the directions offered at MapServer 3.5 Demo
Instructions, I have edited the demo_init.html and demo.map files as
instructed with no problem. Here is where I have hit a bump. To make sure
that my web server and mapserver cgi program are running properly, I typed
http://localhost/scripts/mapserv.exe into my internet explorer window. The
tutorial says I should get the message - no query information to decode.
Query_string set, but empty. I got the message as - No query information to
decode. QUERY_STRING not set. Any idea what I have done wrong? Also, I am
when I run mapserv.exe, I get that annoying open/save message box that seems
to be preventing my app from working properly. Please help. The end seems so
close yet so far away.


Seth Rodriguez
Environmental Scientist
GIS Analyst
Maguire Group Inc.
564 Forbes Avenue, Suite 1212
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 281-6393
(412) 281-7908 FAX