Need to turn on detailed error messages

[tombos]

We've built our first ASP.NET application on a Windows 2003 box running all the latest service packs. It hits an SQL 7 server for data. Both boxes are currently inside the firewall in an effort to eliminate the firewall from the equation.

We periodically receive an Internal Server Error message page after running the app for several minutes. Once this happens, the app is gone, and we have to stop and restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service. Then the app is fine again.

Within the body of the page, it tells me to make some changes to Web.Config to turn on detailed error messages. However, I can't seem to make it work.

I really need to get a better message so that I can track down why we crash.

A) Has anyone seen this problem before? B) Can anyone tell me how to get the detailed error messages turned on?

 

[checkai]

Did you have to turn CustomErrors = "Off"? I know, that I get the results that I need when doing this. However, it doesn't seem to always take affect immediately...try compiling and clearing cache maybe?

dlc