500 Error Page

Rails
1

I have an error page defined in my .htaccess file and I’m in production
mode.

Sometimes I still get the Application Error (Rails) white page though.
In
this case there was a nil object that I tried to access in a controller
without first checking if it was nil.

How does Rails decide what error page to display and how can I get the
pretty error page to display more often?

Thanks.

2

On Dec 15, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Hunter’s Lists wrote:

How does Rails decide what error page to display and how can I get the
pretty error page to display more often?

Thanks.

Hunter-

I think what you are looking for is called rescue_action_in_public.

You can use it like this:

In application.rb

def rescue_action_in_public(exception)

Do something with exception. Either throw

a 404 or send am email to your self in here.

render :text => “My pretty 404 page. exception : #{exception }”
end

And here’s a link to more: Peak Obsession
HowtoConfigureTheErrorPageForYourRailsApp

Cheers-

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