<error-page> tag issue

Hi,

When I force error code 500 from my HelloWorld servlet I get the standard Internet Explorer "The website cannot display the page" and "HTTP 500 " instead of the Error.html shown below.

When I comment out the <error-page> tag in web.xml I get the Apache Tomcat Error report.

When I enter http://localhost:8080/webdev/Error.html into my browser address, I do get the error page below.

So I think it myst be an issue with the <error-page> tag itself.

Can someone help me get the <error-page> tag working? The servlet HelloWorld is working fine.

Thanks,

Lou

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\webdev\WEB-INF\web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
    version ="2.4">

<display-name>AppDev Web Development Class</display-name>
    <description>
    This is a standard setup of the AppDev Java Web Development Class.
    Modifications to this file alter the behavior of Tomcat.
    </description>
    
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>sample.HelloWorld</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/HelloWorld</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

<error-page>
    	<error-code>500</error-code>
    	<location>/Error.html</location>
    </error-page>

</web-app>

My C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\webdev\Error.html

Have you tried observing the behavior in other browsers?

Works correctly with Firefox.

I just downloaded and installed Firefox 5.0.1 to answer your question.

Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702 is where the <error-page> tag is working incorrectly.

I found the solution.

OK, it sounds like you might be looking at MSIE's 'Friendly Error Screen'

Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced (tab) and uncheck the "Show Friendly Errors" checkbox.
Then try again.

Thanks for the reply Bear!

Yeah, that's kinda what I was leading to when asking about other browsers.