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I have a custom error page that works correctly in my local tomcat server but when I deploy it on a remote tomcat server the error page can not be found. Any ideas on what might be wrong or how to debug?

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Do you think perhaps showing us how you declared the error page might be helpful?

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Here's the error page...

<%@page contentType="text/html"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<%@page isErrorPage="true" %>
 
<html>
<head>
<title>Blah - Error</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="common/css/hsr.css">
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF>
<jsp:include page="common/cred1.html" />
 
<div id="sitetitle" >
<jsp:include page="common/includes/sitename.txt" />
</div>

<div class="content">
      <h4 class="titlebar">Error</h4>
      <p>
The application encountered an error. If this continues, please include the error
below:
</p>
<font color="red">
<jsp:useBean id="today" class="java.util.Date"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${today}" type="both" dateStyle="long" timeStyle="long"/> | 
<%=exception.getMessage() %><br />
</font>
<br />
<a href="../index.jsp">Back to Blah</a>

</div>
 
<div id="sidenav">
<jsp:include page="common/includes/sidenav.txt" />
</div>

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Here's the web.xml entry:

<error-page>
<error-code>500</error-code>
<location>/pages/error.jsp</location>
</error-page>

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I assume pages is a folder in the web app root?

How do you know the issue is that the error page can't be found?

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Yes, "pages" is a folder in the web application root directory. The reason I believe that the error page can't be found on the remote server is because it shows a HTTP 404 Not Found error at the top of the web page returned.
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Does the 404 list the error page as the missing resource? Does the error page work if you address it directly? This is all info you should be including in your posts. Please read this for more information.
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It works if I address the error page directly. Firefox shows a blank page rather than the 404 error page that IE shows when trying to redirect to the error page.

When looking in the Tomcat logs, I found this:

javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: java.lang.Exception: Text Exception
at javax.faces.component.MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.invoke(MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.java:102)
at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:102)
at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:387)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:458)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:763)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:82)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

This appears to be what is expected as the "Test Exception" is the exception being thrown from the business logic. It is also the same exception that is thrown from my local server (where the error page works as expected).

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Figured it out despite the wild goose chase Bear had me on.

Here's some advice to (Bad News) Bear Bibeault:

You can be smart or you can be pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

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Originally posted by Andy Holm:
Figured it out despite the wild goose chase Bear had me on.

Do you mind sharing your findings with the community so if someone else comes to a similar problem they can learn from your experience?

Originally posted by Andy Holm:
Here's some advice to (Bad News) Bear Bibeault:

You can be smart or you can be pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

I don't know what your problem with Bear is, he did nothing but try to elicit more information to help you. Perhaps you should turn down the sensitivity meter just a bit when conversing over the internet?

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Indeed, thanks Steve. I'm at a loss at figuring out how trying to advise people on how to get help more quickly is somehow not pleasant.

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