Displaying error messages in classic asp page

Okay, so I'm not a sys admin. I'm a developer. But I think somebody out there
can quickly steer me in right direction on this... On my test IIS system when
executing a classic asp script, if there's an error it tells me which line in
the script and gives me a pretty intelligent error message. I configured this
server years ago so I have no idea what all I did. But now I have a client
who is trying to get a script running on a new server. It's bombing using
CDO. send in the classic asp script but the most frustrating thing is all I
get is a generic error 500 and no clue as to why it's erroring. This is true
regardless of how I connect to it, localhost or ip address. By commenting out
the cdo.send statement I know that's the offending statement but...

My question is how can I get this new server to give me the technical
information on what the error is?

Re: Displaying error messages in classic asp page

What version of IIS are you using?

Cheers
Ken

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My IIS blog: http://adopenstatic.com/blog

"Jon in Canby Or." wrote in message
news:22524067-50DD-4D7D-B322-B6FC7189C2B3@microsoft.com...
> Okay, so I'm not a sys admin. I'm a developer. But I think somebody out
> there
> can quickly steer me in right direction on this... On my test IIS system
> when
> executing a classic asp script, if there's an error it tells me which line
> in
> the script and gives me a pretty intelligent error message. I configured
> this
> server years ago so I have no idea what all I did. But now I have a client
> who is trying to get a script running on a new server. It's bombing using
> CDO. send in the classic asp script but the most frustrating thing is all
> I
> get is a generic error 500 and no clue as to why it's erroring. This is
> true
> regardless of how I connect to it, localhost or ip address. By commenting
> out
> the cdo.send statement I know that's the offending statement but...
>
> My question is how can I get this new server to give me the technical
> information on what the error is?

Re: Displaying error messages in classic asp page

The issue is on the IIS6 server.


"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> What version of IIS are you using?
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> --
> My IIS blog: http://adopenstatic.com/blog
>
> "Jon in Canby Or." wrote in message
> news:22524067-50DD-4D7D-B322-B6FC7189C2B3@microsoft.com...
> > Okay, so I'm not a sys admin. I'm a developer. But I think somebody out
> > there
> > can quickly steer me in right direction on this... On my test IIS system
> > when
> > executing a classic asp script, if there's an error it tells me which line
> > in
> > the script and gives me a pretty intelligent error message. I configured
> > this
> > server years ago so I have no idea what all I did. But now I have a client
> > who is trying to get a script running on a new server. It's bombing using
> > CDO. send in the classic asp script but the most frustrating thing is all
> > I
> > get is a generic error 500 and no clue as to why it's erroring. This is
> > true
> > regardless of how I connect to it, localhost or ip address. By commenting
> > out
> > the cdo.send statement I know that's the offending statement but...
> >
> > My question is how can I get this new server to give me the technical
> > information on what the error is?
>
>

RE: Displaying error messages in classic asp page

If you're sure it's not your browser setting (turn show friendly HTTP error
messages off) a place to check would be under the IIS Admin Properties for
the site, Home Directory>>Configuration>>Debugging make sure "Send detailed
ASP messages to client" is selected.

"Jon in Canby Or." wrote:

> Okay, so I'm not a sys admin. I'm a developer. But I think somebody out there
> can quickly steer me in right direction on this... On my test IIS system when
> executing a classic asp script, if there's an error it tells me which line in
> the script and gives me a pretty intelligent error message. I configured this
> server years ago so I have no idea what all I did. But now I have a client
> who is trying to get a script running on a new server. It's bombing using
> CDO. send in the classic asp script but the most frustrating thing is all I
> get is a generic error 500 and no clue as to why it's erroring. This is true
> regardless of how I connect to it, localhost or ip address. By commenting out
> the cdo.send statement I know that's the offending statement but...
>
> My question is how can I get this new server to give me the technical
> information on what the error is?

RE: Displaying error messages in classic asp page

Might want to take a look at this too if you're using CDO on a 2k3 server
(especially if it was a clean install):

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer20 03/Library/IIS/25fbd102-a9b4-4e36-8311-1cb8f6c6243d.mspx?mfr =true

"Jon in Canby Or." wrote:

> Okay, so I'm not a sys admin. I'm a developer. But I think somebody out there
> can quickly steer me in right direction on this... On my test IIS system when
> executing a classic asp script, if there's an error it tells me which line in
> the script and gives me a pretty intelligent error message. I configured this
> server years ago so I have no idea what all I did. But now I have a client
> who is trying to get a script running on a new server. It's bombing using
> CDO. send in the classic asp script but the most frustrating thing is all I
> get is a generic error 500 and no clue as to why it's erroring. This is true
> regardless of how I connect to it, localhost or ip address. By commenting out
> the cdo.send statement I know that's the offending statement but...
>
> My question is how can I get this new server to give me the technical
> information on what the error is?