ASP on IIS7 1

[Mighty]

Have just ported my development code to a new server which is running IIS7. I want to be able to see any error messages generated by my ASP code. To aid this I have "SEnd Errors to browser" set to true in IIS Manager in the ASP section.

However, my code is generating an error and all I am seeing at the client side is:

500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

How can I get it to tell me the error code

Mighty

 

[TheCandyman]

This i a security improvement from IIS6 so hackers can't mess with your system and find the weak spots.

You can turn errors on by running this from the server in the command prompt:

C:\>%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:asp -scriptErrorSentToBrowser:true

And to turn if off you just type in:

C:\>%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:asp -scriptErrorSentToBrowser:false

 

[Mighty]

Tried that and it didn't work

Mighty

 

[TheCandyman]

500 Internal Server Error" isn't very helpful to us to find the error. All that means is that scripting engine encountered a problem. What I would suggest is try opening the page in question through Firefox and see if it give you a more descriptive error message. In the past I have had IE just tell me that there was an internal server error, while FF reports the file, the line and a description of the error.

 

[Mighty]

Well that's my problem really - I want IE to tell me what the actual error is and the line number, etc

Mighty

 

[Mighty]

I tried installing Firefox and it is still not displaying the error message from my ASP code. Still just getting "500 - Internal server error". Pain in the ass!!! I just want to see actual error message with line number, etc.

Mighty

 

[TheCandyman]

Do you have access to the server? Load that page up on the server it should show you the details that way.

 

[Mighty]

Hey CandyMan,

That does work - but not an ideal situation. Is there any way to get it to report the error to a client browser on a machine other than itself??

Mighty

 

[TheCandyman]

Let me check around and see if i can find something. I remember reading what you currently see was a security increase from previous IIS. This way the client messing with your system doesn't see any of helpful ways to do it.

I think this should work:

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2006/10/19/Improving-Custom-Errors-for-IIS7-Server.aspx

 

[Mighty]

That did the job - thanks a million. Star for you!!

Mighty