application server test page failed

[Guest]

I installed the ColdFusion8 free edition development.
1.Create a new file extension.2. Go to code view and delete all of the lines of code, and type the following code:
<cfdump var=#cgi#>
3.Upload the file
A page displaying a list of CGI variables should appear in the web browser.
Nothing happened in my case, except the code itself.
IS it because the application server is not working correctly?

Georgeslys,

[Amiable_Penguin15D5]

If you can get to http://{your_domain}/CFIDE/administrator/ then CF is working correctly. You should have been prompted to this URL directly after the CF installer was done in order to setup the CF Administrator.

If that is working, then

1. What do you mean by "create a new file extension"? What program are you using to write code?

2. Are you accessing the file via a HTTP request ( http://localhost/path/to/file.cfm ) or are you opening the file directly in the browser ( file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/file.cfm )? It should be via HTTP.

If you can't get to the CF Admin URL, there should be a LOG file that shows any errors that happened during the installation.

[Guest]

I am using dreamweaverMX to write the following code.(on code view)
<cfdump var =#cgi#>
I created a page with a cfm file extension and save it under that name: timetest.cfm.

Via http://localhost/timetest.cfm

[Amiable_Penguin15D5]

Ok, but you didn't say if you can reach the ColdFusion administrator. If you can't reach that URL, then CF may not be running.

CF Admin is located at http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/

[Guest · Accepted solution]

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Originally posted by: cf_menace
Ok, but you didn't say if you can reach the ColdFusion administrator. If you can't reach that URL, then CF may not be running.

CF Admin is located at http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/

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[Guest]

If I can create a data source, does this mean that ColdFusion is running?
Also, I went to that link you provided me: http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/ it says, the page can not be display.
but,when I click the modify data source, I do get to the administrator.
What does it means?
Also, If ColdFusion is not running, what do I have to do in order to correct this problem?
Thank you for your time.
Georgeslys,

[Amiable_Penguin15D5]

This is on your local machine, right? localhost? What URL do you get when you modify data sources? You may have installed CF 8 as stand alone, where it uses its own internal web server instead of IIS or Apache. IIRC, when installed like this, you have to use a certain port number to connect to the CF server.

If the URL to your "change data source" link has a port number after localhost, then we're heading in the right direction.

[ukb_kumar]

HI,

Are you using a external webserver or the internal JRun web server. I tried the same code and it is working well for me. Let me know if you have enabled the debug settings the stack trace so that we can trace what actually is happening.

Regards
UKB

[Guest]

Dear UNITRIN,
The port after localhost had to be changed.
Now, I can see my database connection on the panel.
I can also insert recordset and so on.

Thank you for your help.

Georgeslys,


P.S. I may need your help again