Hi Helen, See my responses inline...
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:34 PM, helen_geb <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > I have deployed UMLs similarity in apache using the instructions in the > README located in > > $perlpath\cpan\build\UMLS-Similarity-1.21-HrzcSr\web > > The first question is about rditing the umls_similarity_server.pl as per > the readme instructions. > > Question 1: After I installed UMLS-Similarity and Interface I have > multiple copies of that file inside my perl folder > > one is in blib\script\umls_similarity_server.pl > second one is in utils > and third one is in bin > Do I have to make the changes requested in the README in all the 3 files? > You would only need to change the one in bin. blib/script is a leftover directory from the installation process, and utils is the source code copy. The one in bin is most likely the one that you are running (so do double check that this is the case). > > Question 2: > > I went to > http://localhost/cgi-bin/umls_similarity/umls_similarity.cgi > > I entered Term 1 and Term 2 and clicked compute similarity , I got nothing. > > when I clicked view errors I get this > > Warnings/Errors: > > Error: received strange message from server ` ' > Error: received strange message from server ` ' > Error: received strange message from server ` ' > Error: received strange message from server ` ' > Error: received strange message from server ` > > My user to the DB is root and my password is "xxx". > Could that be the issue? > > Have you started the umls_similarity_server.pl program? If so, how did you do that (what options, etc. did you use)? If you have started it with the --log option, could you post the contents of the log? FYI: > Running UMLS similarity from command prompt works fine > Here is how I am running it: > > C:\Strawberry\perl\site\bin>perl umls-similarity.pl --username=root > --password=xxx --database=umls fever temperature > > Great! Glad it is working! Good luck, Ted > > -- Ted Pedersen http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse
