Error Handling Not working ASP .NET MVC

Question

I have created a new MVC Application in VS2010 straight out the box. In the Home Controller I have ther following:

    [HandleError(View = "Error")]
    public ActionResult Index()
    {


        int num1 = 0;
        int num2 = 5;

        int result = num2 / num1;

        return View();

    }

This creates an error and a debug pop up and then if I continue a yellow screen. I cannot get it to redirect to the Error.aspx page. I have the web.config like this:

 <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Error.aspx">
 </customErrors>

but it will not redirect to the correct error page despite being a brand new project. How do I configure this to work please????

thanks

Post what the error message is on the yellow screen

amurra
– amurra

2010-07-19 19:04:47 +00:00
Commented Jul 19, 2010 at 19:04 — amurra
– amurra, Commented Jul 19, 2010 at 19:04

Philip Smith · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-19 18:43:11Z

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This is discussed in the MVC overview tutorials. The behaviour of IIS errors is dependent on your version of IIS.

Using ASP.NET MVC with Different Versions of IIS (C#)

answered Jul 19, 2010 at 18:43

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user375564 Over a year ago

I cannot see anything about error handling from that link - a good resource though. I have IIS 7.0

Philip Smith Over a year ago

Oops! Wrong answer. You might try this stackoverflow.com/questions/619895/…

user375564 Over a year ago

Thanks great link. I just create a new mvc project and threw an error in the Index action of the home controller and it worked. I don't understand why it didnt work the first time and I never will. I still get the debugger kicking in though. What mode do I need to be in to stop this from happening? and how do I put it in that mode??

James Antrobus · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-22 21:05:11Z

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If I try to replicate this I get redirected to the default error view within the Shared view folder - it looks like MVC overrides any setting made to the defaultRedirect attribute in the web.config.

In your web.config you are trying to redirect to a physical aspx page. The HandleError attribute on your action will attempt to find a view named Error first within your specific view folder, moving on to the shared view folder. Just pick one or the other and you should be fine.

answered Jul 22, 2010 at 21:05

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amurra · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-19 19:18:52Z

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Try this blog post: http://msnetprogrammer.net/blog/post/HandleError-attribute-%28MVC%29.aspx

Also the default View name is Error so you technically can just have [HandleError]

answered Jul 19, 2010 at 19:18

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