Debugging a published site on IIS

I've a site which i have copied over from an old server to a new
server and now it doesnt seem to work.
I've been looking through the source code and i know *where* the
problem is, but i dont know *what* the problem is.
Its throwing an exception for some reason, but with debug mode being
turned off i dont know why.

Is there anyway to view more details on the site running on IIS? I
can't rebuild the site unfortunately. I'm sure its a server
configuration error but at the moment i've no way of narrowing down
what the error would be.
A stack trace would be perfect.

Dec 12 '07 #1

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Michael Nemtsev [MVP]

Hello JB,

for such reason using logging libs are very helpful, when u can turn full
loging on production system and get all necessary info

right now I see only one solution - use winDbg to make the dump file and
google the article how to use asp.net dumps

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JI've a site which i have copied over from an old server to a new
Jserver and now it doesnt seem to work.
JI've been looking through the source code and i know *where* the
Jproblem is, but i dont know *what* the problem is.
JIts throwing an exception for some reason, but with debug mode being
Jturned off i dont know why.
JIs there anyway to view more details on the site running on IIS? I
Jcan't rebuild the site unfortunately. I'm sure its a server
Jconfiguration error but at the moment i've no way of narrowing down
Jwhat the error would be.
JA stack trace would be perfect.

Dec 12 '07 #2

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If you put in an Exception handler in Application_Err or that logs all the
exception information (either to a file or database) this will make it much
easier to track down the exact issue even to the very line of code, assuming
you've deployed the .pdb files.
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"JB" wrote:

I've a site which i have copied over from an old server to a new
server and now it doesnt seem to work.
I've been looking through the source code and i know *where* the
problem is, but i dont know *what* the problem is.
Its throwing an exception for some reason, but with debug mode being
turned off i dont know why.

Is there anyway to view more details on the site running on IIS? I
can't rebuild the site unfortunately. I'm sure its a server
configuration error but at the moment i've no way of narrowing down
what the error would be.
A stack trace would be perfect.

Dec 12 '07 #3

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