catching errors??

[John Smith]

sorry for frequent emails but didn't know there's ERROR is addition to
EMPTY for cleaner error handling. ERROR catches what EMPTY doesn't.
check this out http://ms.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/web .
thanks anyways, jzs

On 7/25/07, John Smith <jayzee.smith at gmail.com> wrote:
> for mapping since mapserver cgi is the last step before apache, it's
> fail-safe to catch errors with mapserver than say postgresql:
> application <=> apache <=> mapserver cgi <=> postgresql
>
> basically 'if response returned isn't image show custom text' kinda.
> jzs
>
> On 7/25/07, John Smith <jayzee.smith at gmail.com> wrote:
> > guys,
> > how'd i customize 'mapserv(): Web application error' and 'msDrawMap():
> > Image handling error'? in the first case only mapserver fails. in the
> > second postgresql fails first then mapserver. anyway using cgi so
> > catching error inside template isn't useful since template gets
> > bypassed on error. what i'd really like is log error and display
> > message from log.
> > jzs