Need help with AJAX please!

[Vandtekor]

Hi,

I have a problem regarding AJAX that I really need solving - any help would be really much appreciated!

Problem:
Currently, when a user enters the wrong URL on my site, they just get my standard custom 404 page that is static, and just says that the file couldn't be found. I however need it to display the URL that the client entered that caused the 404, and, while I could do this really easily with a server side script, heres the catch. I need it to be done on the browser side.

So I need a piece of AJAX JS that sits in my custom 404 page, and when the page is called, is executed on the client, asks my server what page caused the 404, and displays the URL.

I hope it's possible! Thanks in advance for any help given!

[Costin Trifan]

why not trying to see if the url exists before navigating to that specific page? then you'll know if the page exists, and if it doesn't you just show the input url. (no need to go to the 404 page anymore)

[Bagi Zoltán]

Originally Posted by Vandtekor

So I need a piece of AJAX JS that sits in my custom 404 page, and when the page is called, is executed on the client[/b]

<script language="javascript">
document.write("The requested " +location.href + " was not found on the host");
</script>

This write the requested URI.

[Vandtekor]

Great! Thanks a lot. How could I not see such an simple solution! Excellent, that's made my day.

Thanks again!