HTTP 500 Error occurs whith errorPage directive in Tomcat 5.5.9

["Bachler, Elisabeth (Elisabeth)" <eb...@lucent.com>]

Hello,

I am using Tomcat 5.5.9 and I have found out that the errorPage directive is
not working.
I always get a HTTP 500 ERROR.
I can solve the problem handling excpetion but I don't want to do it. I want
to use the errorPage.jsp
Looking into Google, I found out the following comment but I don't know
understand how to solve the problem.

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CAUSE: 
Unlike previous versions of tomcat; the version 5 returns error code 500
when returning error page (with directive isErrorPage="true". Internet
explorer scans for returned error codes and when it seems error 500 it
checks the length of the the error message and if it is not long enough (not
sure of exact size) it replaces it with its own message (so called friendly
message about error 500).
Note that IE replaces messages only if option 'Show friendly error messages'
is selected under tools->options->Adanced->browsing.

SOLUTION: 

1. Uncheck that friendly error message option; which is not desirable since
can't control client browser:  HOW CAN I DO IT?

2. Increase size of your error page; to tell IE that there is enough
information in this error so please don't replace it. 
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Thanks for helping
Elisabeth
 

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