Dave,
The errorPage directive is a runtime directive, not a compile time
directive. If an exception occurs during execution of the page, the
errorPage will be called. If an error occurs during compilation of your JSP
page, it is up to your JSP engine to report the error.
-Shawn
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:44 PM
Subject: Errorpage directive
> Perhaps someone can explain what is going wrong here.
>
> I'm trying to get an error page to work, here is the first page I
call:
>
> -----
> <%@ page language="java" errorPage="error.jsp" %>
>
> <% bad script; %>
> -----
>
> Obviousley this fails to compile, so the errorpage referenced should be
> called:
>
> -----
> <%@ page language="java" isErrorPage="true" %>
>
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>Error Page</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY>
> An error occured
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> -----
>
> Which does nothing, just explains what happenned. But this doesn't happen
> the JSWDK just reports that it could not compile the page and suggests
that
> I should try using an errorpage to explain this problem.
>
> Why doesn't this work?
>
>
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