On 03-Sep-02, Anton wrote: > I went to > http://altavista.com/somewehre/asdjf/eiruer/index.html > not expecting anything, of course, just to see if > IE's autosearch would kick in. > I got a blank page with the source that follows:
> <!-- > -- Unfortunately, Microsoft has added a clever new > -- "feature" to Internet Explorer. If the text in > -- an error's message is "too small", specifically > -- less than 512 bytes, Internet Explorer returns > -- its own error message. Yes, you can turn that > -- off, but *surprise* it's pretty tricky to find > -- buried as a switch called "smart error > -- messages" That means, of course, that many of > -- Resin's error messages are censored by default. > -- And, of course, you'll be shocked to learn that > -- IIS always returns error messages that are long > -- enough to make Internet Explorer happy. The > -- workaround is pretty simple: pad the error > -- message with a big comment to push it over the > -- five hundred and twelve byte minimum. Of course, > -- that's exactly what you're reading right now. > --> (: Now, can anyone explain why MS would want to claim someone else's error as their own? -- Carl Read -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
