Dear Richard,

Ever since i upgraded from Access to SQL server as the web db, i do not see errors any more. When i used Access, an error would always pop up if my ASP code had problems. How can i see these errors once again? Is there another setting that i may need to turn on?
Thank you
MICAH

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Reply from Richard Rost:

You're not seeing the detailed ASP error messages, just a friendly "we've encountered a problem" email? You need to create a web.config file in the root of your web and set the httpErrors errorMode setting to "Detailed." Like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>

<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp
scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
</system.webServer>
<system.web>

<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<compilation debug="true"/>
</system.web>

</configuration>

Don't leave that file in the root of your web when your site goes public, however. Seeing error messages that may pop up and fragments of your code may give hackers and opportunity to exploit your site. Just put it in place when you need it, and then delete (or rename) it when you're done.