Server.Transfer throws Error executing child request. How to resolve?

asp.net c#-2.0 server.transfer
Amit picture Amit · Mar 2, 2010 · Viewed 79.2k times · Source

I have a HttpModule in C# 2.0 which handles exceptions thrown. Whenever the exception is thrown, an error page (aspx) with some querystring will be called. It is done through Server.Transfer().

But when the control tries to execute Server.Transfer(), the following exception is thrown:

Error executing child request for [pagename].aspx.

Whereas Request.Redirect() works fine.

I tried setting EnableViewStateMac="false" in Page directive of the page to which request is transferred. Still problem persists.

Here is the code I tried:

string errorPage = "errorpage.aspx?id=" + someErrorId
HttpContext.Current.Server.Transfer(errorPage,true);

Any idea how this can be resolved?

Answer

Amit picture Amit · Mar 2, 2010

I found an alternative to Server.Transfer()

I used

 HttpContext.Current.RewritePath("somefile.aspx");

This solved the issue.

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