Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b' vs HTTP 500 - Internal server error

I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using w2k
IE6 but with different effect.

On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown
correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
Division by zero

followed by the number of the error-making line

On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am getting
that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, HTTP
500 - Internal server error.

How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors?

Jul 19 '05 #1

Curt_C [MVP]

it's an IE setting.
Uncheck the "Show Friendly Error Messages" option

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Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
www.Darkfalz.com
<aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using w2k IE6 but with different effect.

On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown
correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
Division by zero

followed by the number of the error-making line

On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am getting that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, HTTP
500 - Internal server error.

How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors?

Jul 19 '05 #2

Ray at

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109

Ray at work

<aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using w2k IE6 but with different effect.

On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown
correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
Division by zero

followed by the number of the error-making line

On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am getting that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, HTTP
500 - Internal server error.

How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors?

Jul 19 '05 #3

Thanks.
But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked on both
computers. And one still shows the ASP errors

Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked that
box on it) treated different errors differently.
In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
" The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error"

Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown with all
the necessary details

<aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using w2k IE6 but with different effect.

On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown
correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
Division by zero

followed by the number of the error-making line

On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am getting that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, HTTP
500 - Internal server error.

How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors?

Jul 19 '05 #4

Mark Schupp

Go into the virtual directory properties on the machine showing the generic
error.
Select the "custom errors" tab.
Select error code 500.
Click "set to default"

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Thanks.
But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked on both
computers. And one still shows the ASP errors

Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked that
box on it) treated different errors differently.
In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
" The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error"

Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown with all
the necessary details

<aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using

w2k

IE6 but with different effect.

On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown
correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
Division by zero

followed by the number of the error-making line

On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am

getting

that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error.

How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors?

Jul 19 '05 #5

How do I get to the virtual directory properties ?

"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Go into the virtual directory properties on the machine showing the generic error.
Select the "custom errors" tab.
Select error code 500.
Click "set to default"

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Thanks.
But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked on both

computers. And one still shows the ASP errors

Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked that box on it) treated different errors differently.
In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
" The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error"

Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown with all the necessary details

<aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using

w2k

IE6 but with different effect.

On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP,

shown correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
Division by zero

followed by the number of the error-making line

On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am

getting

that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed,

HTTP 500 - Internal server error.

How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors?

Jul 19 '05 #6

Mark Schupp

Internet Services Manager

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

How do I get to the virtual directory properties ?

"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Go into the virtual directory properties on the machine showing the

generic

error.
Select the "custom errors" tab.
Select error code 500.
Click "set to default"

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Thanks.
But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked on both computers. And one still shows the ASP errors

Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked that box on it) treated different errors differently.
In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
" The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error"

Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown with all the necessary details

<aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using w2k
> IE6 but with different effect.
>
> On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown > correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:
>
> Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
> Division by zero
>
> followed by the number of the error-making line
>
>
>
> On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am
getting
> that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed,

HTTP

> 500 - Internal server error.
>
> How can I get the second computer be more informative about the errors? >
>
>
>

Jul 19 '05 #7

I see, Mark, that from Internet Services Manager I can configure the format
of error messages issued by webserver on my computer.
Yet I am talking about receivig error messages from other website.
And my problem is that the same error on the same page on some website
returns different error messages on two different computers of mine.
Do setting on my Internet Services Manager affect what I am getting from
other web-servers?
"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:OT**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Internet Services Manager

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

How do I get to the virtual directory properties ?

"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Go into the virtual directory properties on the machine showing the

generic

error.
Select the "custom errors" tab.
Select error code 500.
Click "set to default"

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thanks.
> But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked on

both

> computers. And one still shows the ASP errors
>
> Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked

that

> box on it) treated different errors differently.
> In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
> " The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error"
>
> Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown

with all

> the necessary details
>
>
>
> <aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server

using

> w2k
> > IE6 but with different effect.
> >
> > On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP,

shown

> > correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message:
> >
> > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
> > Division by zero
> >
> > followed by the number of the error-making line
> >
> >
> >
> > On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I

am > getting
> > that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, HTTP
> > 500 - Internal server error.
> >
> > How can I get the second computer be more informative about the

errors?

> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Jul 19 '05 #8

Mark Schupp

The setting is on the web-server that is generating the error message. That
is why you are seeing a difference between two servers.

The "pretty" error message should also contain the actual error message,
script, and error location (check the entire page) but will not display the
HTML generated prior to the error.

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:eV**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I see, Mark, that from Internet Services Manager I can configure the format of error messages issued by webserver on my computer.
Yet I am talking about receivig error messages from other website.
And my problem is that the same error on the same page on some website
returns different error messages on two different computers of mine.
Do setting on my Internet Services Manager affect what I am getting from
other web-servers?
"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:OT**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Internet Services Manager

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

How do I get to the virtual directory properties ?

"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Go into the virtual directory properties on the machine showing the
generic
> error.
> Select the "custom errors" tab.
> Select error code 500.
> Click "set to default"
>
> --
> Mark Schupp
> Head of Development
> Integrity eLearning
> www.ielearning.com
>
>
> <aa> wrote in message news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks.
> > But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked on both
> > computers. And one still shows the ASP errors
> >
> > Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked that
> > box on it) treated different errors differently.
> > In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
> > " The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server error"
> >
> > Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown with all
> > the necessary details
> >
> >
> >
> > <aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server using
> > w2k
> > > IE6 but with different effect.
> > >
> > > On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, shown
> > > correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message: > > >
> > > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
> > > Division by zero
> > >
> > > followed by the number of the error-making line
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am > > getting
> > > that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be displayed, > HTTP
> > > 500 - Internal server error.
> > >
> > > How can I get the second computer be more informative about the
errors?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Jul 19 '05 #9

I am not seeing a difference between two servers.
I am seeing a difference between two client computers trying to access the
same page on the same server.

"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

The setting is on the web-server that is generating the error message. That is why you are seeing a difference between two servers.

The "pretty" error message should also contain the actual error message,
script, and error location (check the entire page) but will not display the HTML generated prior to the error.

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:eV**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I see, Mark, that from Internet Services Manager I can configure the

format

of error messages issued by webserver on my computer.
Yet I am talking about receivig error messages from other website.
And my problem is that the same error on the same page on some website
returns different error messages on two different computers of mine.
Do setting on my Internet Services Manager affect what I am getting from
other web-servers?
"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
news:OT**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Internet Services Manager

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
<aa> wrote in message news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> How do I get to the virtual directory properties ?
>
> "Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielearning.com> wrote in message
> news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Go into the virtual directory properties on the machine showing the > generic
> > error.
> > Select the "custom errors" tab.
> > Select error code 500.
> > Click "set to default"
> >
> > --
> > Mark Schupp
> > Head of Development
> > Integrity eLearning
> > www.ielearning.com
> >
> >
> > <aa> wrote in message news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > Thanks.
> > > But strange thing - that Show "Friendly Error Messages" is checked

on

> both
> > > computers. And one still shows the ASP errors
> > >
> > > Another strange thing is that the other computer (before I unchecked > that
> > > box on it) treated different errors differently.
> > > In case of Division by zero it displayed that non-informative
> > > " The page cannot be displayed, HTTP 500 - Internal server

error" > > >
> > > Yet on another page the error "subscript out of range" was shown

with

> all
> > > the necessary details
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > <aa> wrote in message news:ew*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > > I am accessing the same error-containing ASP page on an ISP server > using
> > > w2k
> > > > IE6 but with different effect.
> > > >
> > > > On the first computer I get several line of HTML outputed by ASP, > shown
> > > > correctly by the browser, followed by a descriptive error message: > > > >
> > > > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000b'
> > > > Division by zero
> > > >
> > > > followed by the number of the error-making line
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On the second machine my HTML is not displayed at all. Instead I am

> > > getting
> > > > that meaningless error page sayng that The page cannot be

displayed,

> > HTTP
> > > > 500 - Internal server error.
> > > >
> > > > How can I get the second computer be more informative about

the > errors?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Jul 19 '05 #10

Evghenios Constantinou

All these experts have failed to answer your question. The reason why
that is -> temporary files. If you run an INSTANCE of that webpage on
the computer and it works, then - assuming the temp page is still on
your pc - when it generates an error, the error will be descriptive (as
is the case on your first computer. Whereas your second computer either
never had or doesn't have anymore a previous "instance" of that page.
Gene

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Jul 19 '05 #11