I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error messages on
the server in any event log.

Any help would be appreciated.

Evan Nielsen
IT Manager
Tradewinds Aviation

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by Kristofer

Kristofer
Tue Jun 27 13:02:08 CDT 2006

Hello,

What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
code and scwin32 code?

Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).



--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


Evan Nielsen wrote:

>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error messages
>on
>the server in any event log.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Evan Nielsen
>IT Manager
>Tradewinds Aviation

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by EvanNielsen

EvanNielsen
Tue Jun 27 13:22:02 CDT 2006

This is what i get when i use wfetch:

started....
Reusing existing connection (source port 3689)\n
REQUEST: **************\n
GET /mell/eng HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: 192.168.1.1\r\n
Accept: */*\r\n
Authorization: Basic dHJhZGV3aW5kc1xldmFuLm5pZWxzZW46aGVsZ2EzNjko\r\n
\r\n
RESPONSE: **************\n
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n
Content-Length: 151\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
Location: http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/\r\n
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n
MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub\r\n
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:19:56 GMT\r\n
\r\n
<head><title>Document Moved</title></head>\n
<body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a
HREF="http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/">here</a></body>
finished.



"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
> code and scwin32 code?
>
> Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
> telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
> intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>
>
> Evan Nielsen wrote:
>
> >I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
> >connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
> >displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error messages
> >on
> >the server in any event log.
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >Evan Nielsen
> >IT Manager
> >Tradewinds Aviation
>

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by Kristofer

Kristofer
Tue Jun 27 13:37:15 CDT 2006

That tells you that the page has moved. The browser will follow this
redirect, so can you please do so too so we can see if the next page is
working.

In WFetch, in the Path text box, write:

/mell/eng/

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


Evan Nielsen wrote:

>This is what i get when i use wfetch:
>
>started....
>Reusing existing connection (source port 3689)\n
>REQUEST: **************\n
>GET /mell/eng HTTP/1.1\r\n
>Host: 192.168.1.1\r\n
>Accept: */*\r\n
>Authorization: Basic dHJhZGV3aW5kc1xldmFuLm5pZWxzZW46aGVsZ2EzNjko\r\n
>\r\n
>RESPONSE: **************\n
>HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n
>Content-Length: 151\r\n
>Content-Type: text/html\r\n
>Location: http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/\r\n
>Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n
>MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub\r\n
>X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:19:56 GMT\r\n
>\r\n
><head><title>Document Moved</title></head>\n
><body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a
>HREF="http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/">here</a></body>
>finished.
>
>
>
>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
>>code and scwin32 code?
>>
>>Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
>>telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
>>intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Kristofer Gafvert
>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>
>>
>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
>>
>>>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
>>>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
>>>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error
>>>messages
>>>on
>>>the server in any event log.
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>Evan Nielsen
>>>IT Manager
>>>Tradewinds Aviation
>>

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by EvanNielsen

EvanNielsen
Tue Jun 27 13:49:02 CDT 2006

That is exactly what i did to get the previous result

"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:

> That tells you that the page has moved. The browser will follow this
> redirect, so can you please do so too so we can see if the next page is
> working.
>
> In WFetch, in the Path text box, write:
>
> /mell/eng/
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>
>
> Evan Nielsen wrote:
>
> >This is what i get when i use wfetch:
> >
> >started....
> >Reusing existing connection (source port 3689)\n
> >REQUEST: **************\n
> >GET /mell/eng HTTP/1.1\r\n
> >Host: 192.168.1.1\r\n
> >Accept: */*\r\n
> >Authorization: Basic dHJhZGV3aW5kc1xldmFuLm5pZWxzZW46aGVsZ2EzNjko\r\n
> >\r\n
> >RESPONSE: **************\n
> >HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n
> >Content-Length: 151\r\n
> >Content-Type: text/html\r\n
> >Location: http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/\r\n
> >Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n
> >MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub\r\n
> >X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
> >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:19:56 GMT\r\n
> >\r\n
> ><head><title>Document Moved</title></head>\n
> ><body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a
> >HREF="http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/">here</a></body>
> >finished.
> >
> >
> >
> >"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
> >>code and scwin32 code?
> >>
> >>Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
> >>telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
> >>intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Regards,
> >>Kristofer Gafvert
> >>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
> >>
> >>
> >>Evan Nielsen wrote:
> >>
> >>>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
> >>>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
> >>>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error
> >>>messages
> >>>on
> >>>the server in any event log.
> >>>
> >>>Any help would be appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Evan Nielsen
> >>>IT Manager
> >>>Tradewinds Aviation
> >>
>

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by Kristofer

Kristofer
Tue Jun 27 14:08:36 CDT 2006

Okay,

Then your problem seems to be an infinite loop. When the client requests
/mell/eng/ it is sent a redirection to the very same resource, hence it
comes into an infinite loop, and of course nothing will be shown in the
browser since there is nothing to show.

The next step is to find out why this is happening. Since it is not a
standard behavior is must have come up by a non-default configuration.

Open IIS Manager, right click /mell/eng beneath the proper website and
click properties. On the Directory tab, is it set to a redirection?

The redirection can also come elsewhere from, for example ASP/ASP.NET code
and/or ISAPI applications.

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


Evan Nielsen wrote:

>That is exactly what i did to get the previous result
>
>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>
>>That tells you that the page has moved. The browser will follow this
>>redirect, so can you please do so too so we can see if the next page is
>>working.
>>
>>In WFetch, in the Path text box, write:
>>
>>/mell/eng/
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Kristofer Gafvert
>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>
>>
>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
>>
>>>This is what i get when i use wfetch:
>>>
>>>started....
>>>Reusing existing connection (source port 3689)\n
>>>REQUEST: **************\n
>>>GET /mell/eng HTTP/1.1\r\n
>>>Host: 192.168.1.1\r\n
>>>Accept: */*\r\n
>>>Authorization: Basic dHJhZGV3aW5kc1xldmFuLm5pZWxzZW46aGVsZ2EzNjko\r\n
>>>\r\n
>>>RESPONSE: **************\n
>>>HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n
>>>Content-Length: 151\r\n
>>>Content-Type: text/html\r\n
>>>Location: http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/\r\n
>>>Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n
>>>MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub\r\n
>>>X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
>>>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:19:56 GMT\r\n
>>>\r\n
>>><head><title>Document Moved</title></head>\n
>>><body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a
>>>HREF="http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/">here</a></body>
>>>finished.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
>>>>code and scwin32 code?
>>>>
>>>>Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
>>>>telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
>>>>intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Kristofer Gafvert
>>>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
>>>>>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
>>>>>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error
>>>>>messages
>>>>>on
>>>>>the server in any event log.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>Evan Nielsen
>>>>>IT Manager
>>>>>Tradewinds Aviation
>>>>
>>

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by EvanNielsen

EvanNielsen
Tue Jun 27 14:25:02 CDT 2006

the default.htm file in that directory sends you to
/viewer/asp/collections.asp.

It does not matter what asp file I open I always get this same behavior.

"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:

> Okay,
>
> Then your problem seems to be an infinite loop. When the client requests
> /mell/eng/ it is sent a redirection to the very same resource, hence it
> comes into an infinite loop, and of course nothing will be shown in the
> browser since there is nothing to show.
>
> The next step is to find out why this is happening. Since it is not a
> standard behavior is must have come up by a non-default configuration.
>
> Open IIS Manager, right click /mell/eng beneath the proper website and
> click properties. On the Directory tab, is it set to a redirection?
>
> The redirection can also come elsewhere from, for example ASP/ASP.NET code
> and/or ISAPI applications.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>
>
> Evan Nielsen wrote:
>
> >That is exactly what i did to get the previous result
> >
> >"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
> >
> >>That tells you that the page has moved. The browser will follow this
> >>redirect, so can you please do so too so we can see if the next page is
> >>working.
> >>
> >>In WFetch, in the Path text box, write:
> >>
> >>/mell/eng/
> >>
> >>--
> >>Regards,
> >>Kristofer Gafvert
> >>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
> >>
> >>
> >>Evan Nielsen wrote:
> >>
> >>>This is what i get when i use wfetch:
> >>>
> >>>started....
> >>>Reusing existing connection (source port 3689)\n
> >>>REQUEST: **************\n
> >>>GET /mell/eng HTTP/1.1\r\n
> >>>Host: 192.168.1.1\r\n
> >>>Accept: */*\r\n
> >>>Authorization: Basic dHJhZGV3aW5kc1xldmFuLm5pZWxzZW46aGVsZ2EzNjko\r\n
> >>>\r\n
> >>>RESPONSE: **************\n
> >>>HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n
> >>>Content-Length: 151\r\n
> >>>Content-Type: text/html\r\n
> >>>Location: http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/\r\n
> >>>Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n
> >>>MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub\r\n
> >>>X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
> >>>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:19:56 GMT\r\n
> >>>\r\n
> >>><head><title>Document Moved</title></head>\n
> >>><body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a
> >>>HREF="http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/">here</a></body>
> >>>finished.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>>What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
> >>>>code and scwin32 code?
> >>>>
> >>>>Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
> >>>>telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
> >>>>intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>--
> >>>>Regards,
> >>>>Kristofer Gafvert
> >>>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
> >>>>>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
> >>>>>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error
> >>>>>messages
> >>>>>on
> >>>>>the server in any event log.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Evan Nielsen
> >>>>>IT Manager
> >>>>>Tradewinds Aviation
> >>>>
> >>
>

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by Kristofer

Kristofer
Tue Jun 27 14:40:31 CDT 2006

That was not what the test using WFetch showed. It redirected to /mell/eng/

But when you said that you wrote:

/mell/eng/

in the path text box you were not telling the truth. By looking at the
WFetch log i see that you typed:

/mell/eng

The ending / do make a difference. So can you please try again. It will
probably redirect you to /viewer/asp/collections.asp since that is what
you say it does, so you will probably have to make a new test with

/viewer/asp/collections.asp

in the path text box.

The IIS log file will also help.


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


Evan Nielsen wrote:

>the default.htm file in that directory sends you to
>/viewer/asp/collections.asp.
>
>It does not matter what asp file I open I always get this same behavior.
>
>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>
>>Okay,
>>
>>Then your problem seems to be an infinite loop. When the client requests
>>/mell/eng/ it is sent a redirection to the very same resource, hence it
>>comes into an infinite loop, and of course nothing will be shown in the
>>browser since there is nothing to show.
>>
>>The next step is to find out why this is happening. Since it is not a
>>standard behavior is must have come up by a non-default configuration.
>>
>>Open IIS Manager, right click /mell/eng beneath the proper website and
>>click properties. On the Directory tab, is it set to a redirection?
>>
>>The redirection can also come elsewhere from, for example ASP/ASP.NET code
>>and/or ISAPI applications.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Kristofer Gafvert
>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>
>>
>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
>>
>>>That is exactly what i did to get the previous result
>>>
>>>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>>>
>>>>That tells you that the page has moved. The browser will follow this
>>>>redirect, so can you please do so too so we can see if the next page is
>>>>working.
>>>>
>>>>In WFetch, in the Path text box, write:
>>>>
>>>>/mell/eng/
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Kristofer Gafvert
>>>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>This is what i get when i use wfetch:
>>>>>
>>>>>started....
>>>>>Reusing existing connection (source port 3689)\n
>>>>>REQUEST: **************\n
>>>>>GET /mell/eng HTTP/1.1\r\n
>>>>>Host: 192.168.1.1\r\n
>>>>>Accept: */*\r\n
>>>>>Authorization: Basic dHJhZGV3aW5kc1xldmFuLm5pZWxzZW46aGVsZ2EzNjko\r\n
>>>>>\r\n
>>>>>RESPONSE: **************\n
>>>>>HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n
>>>>>Content-Length: 151\r\n
>>>>>Content-Type: text/html\r\n
>>>>>Location: http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/\r\n
>>>>>Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n
>>>>>MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub\r\n
>>>>>X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
>>>>>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:19:56 GMT\r\n
>>>>>\r\n
>>>>><head><title>Document Moved</title></head>\n
>>>>><body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a
>>>>>HREF="http://192.168.1.1/mell/eng/">here</a></body>
>>>>>finished.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What is logged in the IIS log file? What is the status code, substatus
>>>>>>code and scwin32 code?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can you also please try to request the page using a "browser" such as
>>>>>>telnet or WFetch (so you get the html code without a client trying to
>>>>>>intepret it, in case something is wrong with the html/javascript).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>Kristofer Gafvert
>>>>>>http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Evan Nielsen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
>>>>>>>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error
>>>>>>>messages
>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>the server in any event log.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Evan Nielsen
>>>>>>>IT Manager
>>>>>>>Tradewinds Aviation
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>

Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by jeff

jeff
Tue Jun 27 15:26:31 CDT 2006

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:03:02 -0700, Evan Nielsen
<EvanNielsen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
>connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
>displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error messages on
>the server in any event log.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.

Perhaps the page really is blank. Did you try adding some plain HTML
to see if it's displayed? Did you look at the IIS log to see what's
requested? Did you check your virus software?

Jeff

The trailing slash (was: IIS ASP page displayed blank) by Simon

Simon
Tue Jun 27 17:36:15 CDT 2006

Hi Kristofer,

With my W2K3+IIS6 setups I've noticed that IIS will sometimes append a
slash (/) to virtual directories beneath the default site. Other times
it doesn't. Not sure why yet, but it seems to be related to whether the
directory has a default content page (and possibly whether the page is a
php script I've got PHP installed as isapi).

Apologies if this is a silly question; I'm definitely a IIS newby and
just trying to figure out its configuration idiosyncracies.

Do you know the underlying reasons why the trailing slash is meaningful
and why IIS might put it in (or leave it out)?

Thanks,
Simon

Kristofer Gafvert wrote:
> That was not what the test using WFetch showed. It redirected to /mell/eng/
>
> But when you said that you wrote:
>
> /mell/eng/
>
> in the path text box you were not telling the truth. By looking at the
> WFetch log i see that you typed:
>
> /mell/eng
>
> The ending / do make a difference. So can you please try again. It will
> probably redirect you to /viewer/asp/collections.asp since that is what
> you say it does, so you will probably have to make a new test with
>
> /viewer/asp/collections.asp
>
> in the path text box.
>
> The IIS log file will also help.
>
>

Re: The trailing slash (was: IIS ASP page displayed blank) by Kristofer

Kristofer
Wed Jun 28 00:17:11 CDT 2006

When you send a request such as:

GET /folder/something ...

You are asking for the file "something" (without any extension) in the
folder "folder". This is per the HTTP RFC.

When IIS does not find any file called "something" it makes a "courtesy
redirection" (it assumes the client meant to request /folder/something/).
So the trailing slash tells the webserver if "something" is a file or
folder, which obviously has different meanings and needs different actions
to handle.

This is IIS's behavior and it cannot be changed. If you do not see this
behavior for some folders, it means that you have configured IIS to handle
over the processing to another application before the courtesy redirection
is happening, for example by configuring a wildcard application mapping.
See:

http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/10/15/Why_Wildcard_application_mapping_can_disable_Default_Document_resolution.aspx


Also see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298408/en-us


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


Simon wrote:

>Hi Kristofer,
>
>With my W2K3+IIS6 setups I've noticed that IIS will sometimes append a
>slash (/) to virtual directories beneath the default site. Other times it
>doesn't. Not sure why yet, but it seems to be related to whether the
>directory has a default content page (and possibly whether the page is a
>php script I've got PHP installed as isapi).
>
>Apologies if this is a silly question; I'm definitely a IIS newby and just
>trying to figure out its configuration idiosyncracies.
>
>Do you know the underlying reasons why the trailing slash is meaningful
>and why IIS might put it in (or leave it out)?
>
>Thanks,
>Simon
>
>Kristofer Gafvert wrote:
>>That was not what the test using WFetch showed. It redirected to
>>/mell/eng/
>>
>>But when you said that you wrote:
>>
>>/mell/eng/
>>
>>in the path text box you were not telling the truth. By looking at the
>>WFetch log i see that you typed:
>>
>>/mell/eng
>>
>>The ending / do make a difference. So can you please try again. It will
>>probably redirect you to /viewer/asp/collections.asp since that is what
>>you say it does, so you will probably have to make a new test with
>>
>>/viewer/asp/collections.asp
>>
>>in the path text box.
>>
>>The IIS log file will also help.
>>
>>

Re: The trailing slash (was: IIS ASP page displayed blank) by David

David
Wed Jun 28 01:29:45 CDT 2006

There is no idiosyncracy nor randomness here. There is a very fixed
algorithm; you just have to be consistent with what you input and observe
because /mell/eng is definitely different from /mell/eng/ .

http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/10/14/HOWTO_IIS_6_Request_Processing_Basics_Part_1.aspx

--
//David
IIS
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"Simon" <dontemailmethanks@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Kristofer,
>
> With my W2K3+IIS6 setups I've noticed that IIS will sometimes append a
> slash (/) to virtual directories beneath the default site. Other times it
> doesn't. Not sure why yet, but it seems to be related to whether the
> directory has a default content page (and possibly whether the page is a
> php script I've got PHP installed as isapi).
>
> Apologies if this is a silly question; I'm definitely a IIS newby and just
> trying to figure out its configuration idiosyncracies.
>
> Do you know the underlying reasons why the trailing slash is meaningful
> and why IIS might put it in (or leave it out)?
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
> Kristofer Gafvert wrote:
>> That was not what the test using WFetch showed. It redirected to
>> /mell/eng/
>>
>> But when you said that you wrote:
>>
>> /mell/eng/
>>
>> in the path text box you were not telling the truth. By looking at the
>> WFetch log i see that you typed:
>>
>> /mell/eng
>>
>> The ending / do make a difference. So can you please try again. It will
>> probably redirect you to /viewer/asp/collections.asp since that is what
>> you say it does, so you will probably have to make a new test with
>>
>> /viewer/asp/collections.asp
>>
>> in the path text box.
>>
>> The IIS log file will also help.
>>


Re: IIS ASP page displayed blank by EvanNielsen

EvanNielsen
Wed Jun 28 10:16:01 CDT 2006

The pages are not blank. I am having this problem with two different sites.
One is OWA and the other is the Microsoft E-Learing website that comes with
the software assurance E-Learing cd's.

"Jeff Cochran" wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:03:02 -0700, Evan Nielsen
> <EvanNielsen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6. Whenever any user trys to
> >connect to open any asp page in any virtual directory a blank page is
> >displayed. There are no error messages. Also there are no error messages on
> >the server in any event log.
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Perhaps the page really is blank. Did you try adding some plain HTML
> to see if it's displayed? Did you look at the IIS log to see what's
> requested? Did you check your virus software?
>
> Jeff
>