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ColdFusion 10, IIS 7.5, and custom 404 page

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August 1, 2013
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I am attempting to setup a custom 404 error with CF10 and IIS 7.5. Previous to CF10 (and IIS 7), you can get the URL of the non-existent page via the querystring (e.g., 404;http://www.example.com/some/file.html) when the custom 404 page is processed. However, with CF10 and IIS 7.5, the querystring returns 404;http://www.example.com/jakarta/isapi_redirect.dll. Is there a way to retrieve the actual URL of the missing path, like in prior versions?

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tgorg.com

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FYI I've created a bug report for this issue earlier here: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3630245 You can vote on getting this fixed there.

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JamesSevener

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Was this ever resolved? Update 11 got us closer with using our custom 404, but then we hit this issue.

rhptAuthor

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I never found a solution...Very frustrating.

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tribule

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@vishu#13, having a 302 redirect to a 404 error sounds a bit strange, and may not be good for SEO.

@colfaxschuyler, in your web.config, remove the httpErrors container and replace with this one tag:

Please see if that helps, at all.

Custom 404's in ColdFusion 10 are a PITA. We still can't get non .cfm templates to 404 to a custom page and Adobe just do not have a clue!

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tgorg.com

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I've got the same issue. Just curious, are you doing any URL redirection? For me, I have IIRF running and catching all 404s so I can do custom "search engine friendly" URLs. The issue with jakarta/isapi_redirect.dll only occurs when I try to access a non-existant .cfm file (oddly doesn't occur when dealing with folders or other file types).

rhptAuthor

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I have not found a solution, but Miguel-F pointed me to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18694932/coldfusion-10-iis-non-existant-urls-that-are-cfm-files-retrieving-original-u which has a possible solution.

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tgorg.com

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Thanks for the link. I did some fiddling and found a workaround using IIRF. I posted instructions on the stackoverflow page you posted. I think this is a bug that Adobe should address.

Miguel-F

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Did you ever figure this out?

p_sim

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I came across CF10 and custom 404 issue. This might help.

http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/coldfusion-10-does-the-connector-need-to-be-re-installed-for-update-11

rhptAuthor

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I tried that, but that didn't fix it. The custom 404 works fine, it's just the redirect that's not returning what I expect.

vishu_13

Inspiring

Hi

For 404.cfm to display when access a non -exisiting .cfm and .html, you need to place the 404.cfm in both ColdFusion webroot (wwwroot) and your website's webroot.

Your web.config should look like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<system.webServer>

</httpErrors>

</system.webServer>

</configuration>

Now when you access a non exisiting .html say http://www.adobe.com/hello.html then URL should redirect to http://www.adobe.com/404.cfm, below are the steps to follow.

If you want to do the same for site level, then go to error pages in IIS for your site