Right, that's what my issue was. I managed to get it to always show my 'error' HTML by making sure the <head></head> part of the page was 'pushed' so that part got to the browser before the error happened. Now it consistently shows my friendly error message instead of the 500 message.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dittbrenner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Get error 500 instead of my error HTML? > Shouldn't that throw a 500 error cause its not technically a tango error > and a database error. Like for example if your trying to put the same > key in for a primary key it will throw an error and its not a tango > error but actually from the database itself? > > Mike D > > Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. > > Michael Dittbrenner > Programmer > http://www.StudyAbroad.com > http://www.GradSchools.com > A service of EDU, Inc... http://www.EDUdirectories.com > A partner of EDU Internet Strategies: > http://www.EDUInternetStrategies.com/ > > [Phone] 610-499-9200 > [Fax] 610-499-9205 > [E-mail] [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Machin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Get error 500 instead of my error HTML? > > Do you put the <@clearerrors> in the beginning of the error HTML for the > DBMS action? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McGowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:38 AM > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Get error 500 instead of my error HTML? > > > > Dave, > > > > If you want it to work like that for everybody, then you will need to > > execute a <@clearerrors>. Which should clear the error and set the > > status code back to 200, however, that was a bug with witango when > they > > made the error handling "more functional" @clearerrors wasn't setting > > the status back to 200. So in the meantime you can do it yourself by > > assigning the httpheader with the following code... > > > > <@ASSIGN local$httpHeader "HTTP/1.1 200 OK<@CRLF>Content-Type: > > text/html<@CRLF><@SETCOOKIES><@USERREFERENCECOOKIE><@CRLF><@CRLF>"> > > > > I haven't tested yet to see if the bug with @clearerrors not setting > the > > status to 200 was fixed in 062 or not. Didn't see it in the readme > file. > > > > Of course if you're the only one who needs to see the code in the > error > > results then scotts solution will work just fine for you > > > > However I know that not all errors encountered are really errors that > > warrant a 500 being sent back to the browser.... (that's why I use the > > @clearerrors tag) > > > > /John > > > > Scott Cadillac wrote: > > > > >Hi Dave, > > > > > >The Error handling in v5 has been upgraded to be more functional. > > > > > >The "HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error" page you see is actually > coming > from > > >MS Internet Explorer. Witango has simply sent back a proper HTTP > status > code > > >(via IIS) identifying an error. > > > > > >In MSIE, go to "Tools / Internet Options... / Advanced tab" and > toggle > the > > >"Show friendly HTTP error messages" setting. > > > > > >You should now be able to see your Witango errors. Cheers.... > > > > > >Scott Cadillac, > > >Witango.org - http://witango.org > > >403-281-6090 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- > > >Information for the Witango Developer Community > > >--------------------- > > > > > >XML-Extranet - http://xml-extra.net > > >403-281-6090 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- > > >Well-formed Development (for hire) > > >--------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Dave Machin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:07 AM > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: Witango-Talk: Get error 500 instead of my error HTML? > > >> > > >> > > >>Sometimes when a database action fails I get IIS's "HTTP 500 > > >>- Internal > > >>server error" page instead of the error HTML I have > > >>associated with the DBMS > > >>action - is this normal? (W2K SP3 - IIS5, WiTango 5). > > >> > > >>Dave Machin > > >> > > >> > > >>______________________________________________________________ > > >>__________ > > >>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ > _ > > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
