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QUESTION:
When VDF Web Application Server is stopped, you get a 500.100 Internal Server Error accessing the pages.
We would like to handle this error and display another page when the error occurs. How can we do that?
ANSWER:
"Internal Server Error" means that "the server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request." It could be an error in the script, it could be a needed dll that was not registered, it could be WAS not running, etc.
In order to have the server display a customized page, you need to configure IIS to show that page when error 500-100 happens. You can set that per application in IIS:
- right-click on the website
- select Properties | Custom Errors tab
- scroll down to HTTP Error 500;100
- Edit its properties setting a URL or file to be displayed when the error occurs
The default page is set to 500-100.asp. You can have something like the code that is suggested at http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=72147 displayed instead. Just create a page with that code and set that page for error 500;100 at the Custom Errors tab.
Contributed By:
Marcia Booth
Company: Data Access Worldwide
Web Site: http://www.dataaccess.com
Web Links Related to this Article
CodingForums.com - Usefull 500.100 error page to help with debugging
URL=http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=72147
W3C - Status Code Definitions
URL=http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
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