Steve, This is one of the features of the cache tags provided by the Opensymphony suit of tools.
You can cache your whole page, and in the case of an error, provide the cached version. The tags and library are documented quite well. See here for an explanation of the <usecached /> tag. http://www.opensymphony.com/oscache/tags.html I hope that this is along the lines of what you are after. Cheers, Scott -- Scott Farquhar :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Atlassian :: http://www.atlassian.com Supporting YOUR J2EE World Steve Best wrote: > Greetings, I was wondering how you can set it so that Orion will display > a splash page if it is unable to connect to the db on startup? > > > > Thanks > > Steve >