IIS 5.0 + 404 error page problem

[worldwise]

Hi,

I'm running into this problem in my 404 redirect page. This problem is specific to IIS 5.0 (or whatever comes with Windows 2000). The same page works fine in IIS 6.0.

If a user goes to

http://www.mydomain.com/badfolder/blah.asp?c=xx

and gets redirected, I can't find a way to access what the querystring paramater/value was (i.e. that c = xx).

I've tried:
Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_URL")
Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING")
Request.ServerVariables("URL")
Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")

I need to know the querystring values so I can redirect to the correct page with those querysting values.

Thanks in advance.

-Kevin

 

[ChrisHirst]

the querystring sent to a 404 page is the failed URI with 404; prepended .

You need to split() the request.servervariables("query_string") at the "?" and the upper bound value of the array will be all of the query string keys and values.

with only one key/value pair, split this value at the "=" and the lower bound will have the key and the upper bound will have the value.



Chris.

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[worldwise]

The result of Request.ServerVariables("query_string") is:

404;

http://www.mydomain.com/badfolder/blah.asp

There is no "?" to split on. (There IS a "?" to split on when the same script is run on IIS 6.0. Thats why this problem is specific to IIS 5.0.)

 

[ChrisHirst]

It's specific to YOUR IIS5 setup maybe, but not generally.

Works for me on IIS5 (2k Server) and IIS6 on 2003 server.

What are you testing on?




Chris.

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[worldwise]

Interesting. I'm testing on Windows 2000 IIS 5.0. Do you know what setting I can change to fix this so the querystring parameters are properly forwarded over?

 

[ChrisHirst]

Can't think of anything that may cause the problem, having never come across it and I use the 404 error page on several sites on three different servers for URL rewriting / decoding / redirecting

is your custom 404 set to URL on both servers?

Chris.

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[worldwise]

yup.

 

[ChrisHirst]

Hmmm!


May have to test some settings.

Wrong time of day for me right now so it will have to be tomorrow.

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[worldwise]

no luck?

 

[worldwise]

Here is the answer. From IIS enable the "Check that file exists" option for asp pages.

 

[ChrisHirst]

Apologies for a late return, I was dragged kicking and screaming into the real world and had to do some work!

Chris.

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Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.