[mapserver-users] styling point shapefile for wms

[jmorgan3]

Hello,

I am attempting to set up a basic MapServer environment and finding 
myself such at what I think is a styling through WMS issue. I am finding 
if I call up a WMS via the following URL I get the expected results


http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/wq/wq.map&layer=wq_stations&mode=map

However, if I call the same WMS using

http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/wq/wq.map&SERVICE=WMS&map=/ms4w/apps/wq/wq.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=wq_stations&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-87.6,30.00,-87.26,31.00&STYLES=&WIDTH=600&HEIGHT=600&FORMAT=image/png
I get a blank page. Perhaps in the first URL I am not actually using 
WMS, but I am thinking the issue is more to do with how I setup or 
incorrectly my STYLE. Here is my map file for reference:

#
# Start of map file
#
MAP
     NAME WQ
     STATUS ON
     SIZE 600 600
     EXTENT -87.6 30.00 -87.26 31.00
     #EXTENT -87.60 28.67 -82.65 31.07 # [minx] [miny] [maxx] [maxy]
     IMAGETYPE PNG
     CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "/ms4w/tmp/ms_error.txt"
     DEBUG 5
     PROJECTION
         "init=epsg:4326"
     END
     WEB
         # change the next two lines to match your setup
         IMAGEPATH "C:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
         IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
         METADATA
             WMS_TITLE "WQ Demo"
             WMS_ABSTRACT "This is WQ Demo"
             WMS_ENABLE_REQUEST "*"
             WMS_ACCESSCONSTRAINTS "none"
             # change this value to match your setup
             WMS_ONLINERESOURCE 
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/wq/wq.map"
             WMS_SRS "EPSG:4326"
         END
     END
     #Circle symbol
     #Ref: 
http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Can-t-draw-points-from-shapefile-td5070300.html
     SYMBOL
         NAME 'CIRCLE'
         TYPE ellipse
         FILLED true
         POINTS
           1 1
         END
     END
     #
     # Start of layer definitions
     #
     LAYER
         NAME "wq_stations"
         DATA 'data/ewqma_stations4326.shp'
         STATUS ON
         TYPE POINT
         CLASS
             STYLE
                 SYMBOL 'CIRCLE'
                 COLOR   255 1 1
             END
         END # CLASS
END # LAYER
     END # LAYER
END # Map File

Any pointers on what I am doing or interpreting incorrectly would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Derek