Tamino + WinXP + IIS5.1 (Can't connect to localhost).

Hi,

I am using Tamino on WinXP (professional) with the IIS5.1 server, installed on the same laptop.

I am facing the same problem as the “DATABASE ACTIVE BUT CANNOT CONNECT VIA URL” group. The only thing is that i tried the “Tamino Filter Installation. doc” that you had provided, after which i can ping my database which gives me the following msg (i’l post part of it):
"<ino:messageline ino subject=“Server”> is alive</ino:messageline>

But still i cannot connect to the database via tamino explorer or schema editor.
Q 1: Will this configuration work if i am not online (connected to WWW).
Q 2: Is the database can be pinged why can’t it be accessed (even on the browser) i.e.
using http://localhost/tamino/<db_name>.
Q3: I also cannot access the Welcome to tamino page via the browser i.e.
http://localhost/tamino-v3.1.1.4/welcome/index.html?database=http://localhost/tamino/welcome3_1_1_4

I’d appreciate some help on this matter.
Thanks in advance
Ahmad

In general it sounds like your IIS server was not running when you installed Tamino. The Tamino installation process should install the modiis filter dll (which you have now done by hand) but it also installs an alias for “http://localhost/tamino-v3.1.1.4/welcome” which points to your Tamino file system location. You can define this alias (add a new Virtual Directory) using Microsoft Management Console - and point it at the file system location of “:/Program files/Software AG/Tamino/Tamino 3.1.1.4/WelcomeToTamino”.

Going back to your specific questions:

Q 1: Will this configuration work if i am not online (connected to WWW).
A 1: Yes it should. But you need to check the address specified in your hosts file for “SAGXTSDShost”. Look in x:\WinXP\drivers\etc\hosts (or equivalent) for this entry and check the address it refers to is specified as 127.0.0.1. It must not refer to your networked address (because that will not be accessible when you are unplugged).

Q 2: If the database can be pinged why can’t it be accessed (even on the browser) i.e.
using http://localhost/tamino/<db_name>.

A 2: You should get a “http error 404” in response to this command because it isn’t valid. For valid commands you could try:
http://localhost/tamino/database?_diagnose=ping (which we know works)
and for a query you could try:
http://localhost/tamino/database/ino:collection?_xql=ino:collection
These should both return valid xml responses.

Q3: I also cannot access the Welcome to tamino page via the browser i.e.
http://localhost/tamino-v3.1.1.4/welcome/index.html?database=http://localhost/tamino/welcome3_1_1_4

A 3: This is just because of the missing Virtual Directory definition as described above. IIS doesn’t know where location “localhost/tamino/welcome3_1_1_4” is.

HTH

Sorry. Typo in the last line.
…location “localhost/tamino/welcome3_1_1_4”…
should be
…location “localhost/tamino-v3.1.1.4/welcome”…

Thanks for the feedback bill, the solution worked. Though i have changed my OS environment to Windows 2000 professional as it has better tamino compatibility and less hitches.

Sorry for not replying earlier. thanx again.

cheers