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Error 500 even with customErrors = off

Hi,

I've just uploaded an asp.net web project to a Fasthosts shared server (yes, I know!). The site works fine on a different server, and builds successfully. However, when I upload it (or even just the files in the App_Code folder) to the fasthosts server, I just get a flat error 500 message.

I've ensured that the web.config file includes: <customErrors mode="Off"/> but still nothing - just Error 500.

The Fasthosts server is running asp.net 3.5, which is what the web project is built to.

Can anyone suggest what might be wrong, or how I get more information as to the cause of the error?

Thanks all...

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You probably have an error in the web.config revert to old web.config and see if that works.

Tor Andersson  2010-10-11 17:03:01
Wouldn't an error in web.config be picked up when I build the project in Visual Studio though? If I keep the old one there'll be error as it won't be able to connect to the database.
Dan  2010-10-11 17:13:01
Change the connectionString and see if it works.
Tor Andersson  2010-10-12 07:03:04
Apparently it's because Fasthosts doesn't support "handlers" in the web.config file. Is this something which can be easily overcome?
Dan  2010-10-12 08:21:37

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