Response.RedirectLocation and 404 Page Status

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Hi All, On my page, if data is not found, i want to redirect my page to some customized page ( saying data not found) with a status code 404 so that google dont crawl it. I am using following code - Response.Clear(); Response.Status = "404 not found."; Response.StatusCode = 404; Response.AddHeader( "Location", "error.htm"); Response.RedirectLocation= "/error.htm"; It sets my page status to 404 but doesnt redirect to "error.htm", however this code works for 301 & 302 redirection. If anyone have idea, please help me out.

zirano latt · Answer

You can just throw HTTPException and configure web.config as Niradhip mentioned. C# throw new HttpException(404, "Data not found"); web.config mode="RemoteOnly"> redirect="PageNotFond.htm"/>

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

You can make use of web.config file and complete the task. The section enables configuration of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs during the execution of a request. Specifically, it enables developers to configure html error pages to be displayed in place of a error stack trace. 1. On, 2. Off, 3. RemoteOnly --> customErrors mode = " RemoteOnly " defaultRedirect = " Contents/CommonPage.aspx " > error statusCode = " 403 " redirect = " Contents/CommonPage.aspx " /> error statusCode = " 404 " redirect = " Contents/CommonPage.aspx " /> customErrors >

Response.RedirectLocation and 404 Page Status

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