---
title: "Asp.Net error handling"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/21/aspnet-error-handling.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/21/aspnet-error-handling.html"
published: "2003-09-21T11:22:00"
updated: "2003-09-21T11:22:00"
tags: ["Cool Articles"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Here' are two ways to incorporate global error handling in ASP.NET: Implement IHttpHandler Use the HttpApplication.Error event And here's a more in-depth article about this subject (also points to…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Asp.Net error handling

By Roy Osherove September 21, 2003 In [Cool Articles](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-articles)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 21, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Here' are two ways to incorporate global error handling in ASP.NET:

- [Implement _IHttpHandler_](http://staff.develop.com/candera/weblog2/permalink.aspx/60cb3dc2-fe67-4f88-9771-eeaebe507795)
- [Use the _HttpApplication.Error_ event](http://dotnetguy.techieswithcats.com/archives/003785.shtml)

And here's a more in-depth article about this subject (also points to HttpApplication.Error):

- [Global Error handling in ASP.Net](http://www.developer.com/net/asp/article.php/961301)

And here's a recent chat on MSDN:

- [ASP.NET error handling and tracing](http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_051602.asp)

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