Sorry, make that java.lang.Throwable instead of java.lang.Exception. Andoni.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andoni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:36 PM Subject: Re: Error Page 500 Not working. FAQ > Well, it seems to come up quite frequently on the web and in the talk-groups > that the error-page for 500 errors does not work. In reading the spec. I > have found a work-around though. > > <error-page> > <exception-type>java.lang.Exception</exception-type> > <location>/jsp/error500.jsp</location> > </error-page> > > this will work for all sub-classes of Exception and as this includes all > classes that cause and error 500 then it works well. > It would be nice to have it work correctly though! Even in the early > version of 5.0.x it seems to have been not working again after being fixed > late in the 4.1.x line. > > Andoni. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andoni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:19 PM > Subject: Error Page 500 Not working. > > > Hello, > > I am trying to implement error pages for my site. They seem to work when I > specify the particular exception in the web.xml file thus: > > <error-page> > <exception-type>java.lang.NullPointerException</exception-type> > <location>/jsp/error500.jsp</location> > </error-page> > > but not when I specify the error number as below. What happens is that when > I have both of these entries in the web.xml and I put a divide by zero error > into my code to test it then it brings up the default Tomcat error page with > the Exception and the 500 at the top? > > <error-page> > <error-code>500</error-code> > <location>/jsp/error500.jsp</location> > </error-page> > > Am I missing something? > > Andoni. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]