9.2.3- ASP Errors

ASP Errors

Sometimes the operating system itself goes down. If you've used Windows 98/NT you'll be familiar with the "blue screen of death", where Windows itself generates an error and usually has to shut down. Sometimes these errors are caused by the user or programmer, and sometimes by bugs in the operating system. We explained in an earlier chapter that ASP was a DLL (Dynamic Link Library), and DLLs aren't immune to failure. If the ASP DLL fails it returns with an error code. Here's a list of them.

These errors are displayed on the user's own browser, as they are sent back in lieu of the expected page content. They can be recognized as ASP errors since 'ASP' always prefixes the error code, for example ASP 0100. Typically, ASP errors arise when there is a problem either with your web server or an external component. A failure to install a component correctly, or a problem with the component code, is a very common cause behind ASP errors. You should definitely suspect a problem of this nature if you experience either ASP 0115 or ASP 0177 errors. As for preventing them – well if it's somebody else's code that is broken then, unfortunately, there's not much you can do about them.