Ticket #5889: handler500_example.patch

home/moo/workspace/django-trunk/docs/request_response.txt

@@ -588 +588 @@
 That takes care of setting ``handler500`` in the current module. As you can see
 in ``django/conf/urls/defaults.py``, ``handler500`` is set to
 ``'django.views.defaults.server_error'`` by default.
+
+Here is example how to log the exception using Python logging API and
+display an error page on the production server::
+
+        from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
+    import sys
+
+        def handle_exception(request, *args, **kwargs):
+            """ Custom exception handler for Django.
+            
+            Note that settings.DEBUG must be False or
+            this handler is never run.
+            """
+            
+            # Get the latest exception from Python system service
+            exception = sys.exc_info()[0]
+        
+            # Use  Python logging module to log the exception
+            # For more information see:
+            # http://docs.python.org/lib/module-logging.html
+            logger.error("Uncaught exception got through, rendering 500 page") 
+            logger.exception(exception)
+            
+            # Output user visible HTTP response
+            return HttpResponseServerError(render_to_string("pages/500.html"))
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