I figured it out here is the code that I am using to call a tamino record from ASP.NET using VB:
code:
<%
dim query as String
dim dom
dim tamino as object
tamino = Server.CreateObject(“TAMINOX.TaminoX1”)
tamino.Initialize()
tamino.csDatabaseURL(“http://131.191.130.128/tamino/dev/permits”)
query = “/permit[@caseNumber='” & caseNumber &“']”
dom = tamino.doQuery(query)
dim permitDetail = dom.getElementsByTagName(“detail”) ’ Write the table header
Response.Write(“<table width=‘744’ border=‘0’ cellpadding=‘2’ cellspacing=‘0’”)
Response.Write(“ Case Number “& caseNumber &””)
dim i as integer
dim numNodes as Integer = permitDetail.length
Do While i < numNodes
Response.Write (“”)
Response.Write (permitDetail.item(i).getAttribute(“description”))
Response.Write (" : “)
Response.Write (permitDetail.item(i).text)
Response.Write (”“)
i = i + 1
Loop
’ Write the table footer.
Response.Write(”")
%>
Hopefully that will help other people who are doing similar tasks…
Knute 
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