[hunchentoot-devel] *http-error-handler* on IE 7.0 (http code 500)

[Ralf Mattes]

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 17:00 +0200, Edi Weitz wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:54:39 -0400, "Andrei Stebakov" <lispercat at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > When I use the *http-error-handler* it works fine on Firefox
> > displaying my message and doing some extra job. On IE it says "Can
> > not display page" and shows the HTTP 500 code. I guess I need to
> > filter out the http status code 500 and replace it for status ok
> > somewhere.
> 
> There's a better way to deal with this:
> 
>     Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) will by default ignore
>     server-generated error messages when they are "too small" and
>     substitute its own "friendly" error messages.  The size threshold
>     varies depending on the type of error, but in general, if you make
>     your error document greater than 512 bytes, then MSIE will show
>     the server-generated error rather than masking it.
> 
>   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q294807
>   http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#errordocument

Thank's Edi!

You saved my day - it's always healthy to have a good laugh :-)
The sad thing: this is real ...

 Cheers RalfD


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