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ASP Script Timeout error

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I have put a central error handling mechanism for my website which reports all technical glitches and emails them to me. But I am also getting the script timeout error when the script timeout is done is some of the pages. I do not want to get an email when this occurs. Basically I changed the 500-100.asp file to my ErrorHandler.asp , it catches the error and emails me and shows the user some friendly message. Now with the timeout script it should do nothing, it should not display user anything. Basically I have to skip this error from my ErrorHandling.


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2004-04-14 at 19:00:09ID20954585
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Active Server Pages (ASP)

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Answers

 

by: brgivensPosted on 2004-04-14 at 21:19:40ID: 10829943

If Server.GetLastError <> adErrStillExecuting Then
  ' mail yourself the error details
End If

I'm taking a guess as to which error# is the timeout you want - it's probably one or the other of these two:

adErrStillExecuting (&He7f)
adErrStillConnecting (&He81)

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-14 at 22:33:17ID: 10830209

My problem is that a lot of  asp pages which have the script timeout method , have their own functionality. One asp  page shows a different message for a script timeout  , another page shows a different message. So basically I want to bypass the Scripttimeout error
from IIS rather   through my ErrorHandler.asp  page .
Thanks,

Tech.

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-15 at 17:38:48ID: 10838356

Any ideas?

 

by: brgivensPosted on 2004-04-15 at 18:11:14ID: 10838475

How about this in the 500-100.asp file:

Dim err
err = Server.GetLastError
If err.ASPCode = adErrStillExecuting Then
  Response.Redirect err.File() & "?timeout"
Else
  ' other error handling routines
End If

In the individual asp files:

If Not IsEmpty(QueryString("timeout")) Then
  ' handle the timeout
Else
  ' normal execution
End If

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-17 at 10:25:01ID: 10849890

so I cannot do it at the IIS ?

 

by: brgivensPosted on 2004-04-17 at 10:44:54ID: 10849986

No, AFAIK you can't

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-17 at 18:17:47ID: 10851492

brgivens -  The ErrorHandler.asp would is the umbrella for my entire website for handling technical errors and glitches, what will happen if I write my own individual error handling code in individual pages? Which one will execute?


 

by: brgivensPosted on 2004-04-17 at 18:26:20ID: 10851505

take a look at my code again... err.File() returns the url of the file where the error occured... the cose I posted returns control back to whichever page the error originated from... I'm passing a QueryString to the page so you can distinguish between normal execution and an error.  Understand?

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-17 at 20:39:58ID: 10851839

I am sorry , I should have looked at the code in more detail. But my problem is I do not have access to the individual asp files, but I know that they do indeed handle the Script Time out error and customize the user. So will the user get the customized message whatever is given to the user in the inidividual pages if I write the below code in my Central Error Handler asp file.

//
If err.ASPCode = ScriptTimeOutError (I do not know the exact code for this error) Then

  Response.Redirect err.File()

end if

 

by: brgivensPosted on 2004-04-18 at 06:23:32ID: 10853070

No, each individual page must be modified to handle the redirect.

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-19 at 07:28:48ID: 10859956

brgivens - Can I  get the exact URL from which the error has occured reported onto my ErrorHandler.asp. Because if they are include files, I am unable to get to know from which url the error is being thrown.

Eg: www.xxx.com/123.asp

if there is error in 123_include.inc which in included in 123.asp, I should get the URL as www.xxx.com/123.asp to be reported.


 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-19 at 08:04:07ID: 10860306

I am using this ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")- I get null string.

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-19 at 08:15:43ID: 10860427

I understand why HTTP_REFERER does not work! but I need the requirement  as I stated!

 

by: tech_questionPosted on 2004-04-19 at 12:36:36ID: 10862787

I answered this myself ServerVariables("http_url ") and ServerVariables("ServerName")
!

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