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October 22, 2012
Question

Getting a simple, informative CF10 error page.

  • October 22, 2012
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Right now, when CF encounters an error, I get a page with a single line of text and a large circle that says ERROR.

Though I'm sure this is a safe template to show users, I am testing in a closed environment and need more info.  I went into the CF ACP and turned on Robust Exception Information, but that error still shows.  Is there a way to get CF to display error information instead of this template while I'm in closed development environments?

I had to wrap my code in a TRY/CATCH and dump the CFCATCH in order to get the useful info.

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    BKBK
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    October 22, 2012

    I'm surprised you get no exception message when you enable Robust Exception Information in the administrator. Did you remember to press the button to 'Submit Changes'.

    Assuming you have enabled Robust Exception Information, what happens when you run a CFM containing

    <cfset x = 1/s>

    My own result is attached for comparison.

    Inspiring
    October 23, 2012

    Well, we made SOME progress.

    I found out a developer put the <cfsetting showdebugoutput="false"> in the onRequestStart(), which brought up error information AFTER I removed it.  However, part of the old error screen (the big circle with the word 'Error' in it) is now overlaying over the expected debug info.

    http://i48.tinypic.com/nd94sj.jpg

    Inspiring
    October 23, 2012

    This is the default error handling template that gets installed when you opt to use the secure profile when installing CF.

    To get rid, remove it from CFAdmin (from the SETTINGS page).

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    Adam