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Old March 4th, 2009, 12:06 PM
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I was wondering if someone could explain what the text below in the web.config file means?

The <customErrors> section enables configuration
of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
during the execution of a request. Specifically,
it enables developers to configure html error pages
to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.
 
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It is fairly simple really.

At its most basic level you would do something like:

xml Code:
<customErrors mode="On|Off|RemoteOnly" />

On means that everyone will see a generic error page if an exception is thrown.
Off means that a detailed error message will be displayed to users.
RemoteOnly means that users will see a generic error but when accessing the site from the server a detailed error message is displayed. Typically On or RemoteOnly are the best options for production websites.

Now, if you want to do a specific "thing" when a certain error occurs you could do something like this

xml Code:
<customErrors mode="On|Off|RemoteOnly"  defaultRedirect="MyGenericErrorPage.htm">
  <error statusCode="500" redirect="MyInternalServerErrorPage.htm" />
</customErrors>

hth.
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All right here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h0hfz6fc(vs.71).aspx
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