Best way to implement a 404 in ASP.NET

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Handle this in your Global.asax’s OnError event:

protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e){
  // An error has occured on a .Net page.
  var serverError = Server.GetLastError() as HttpException;

  if (serverError != null){
    if (serverError.GetHttpCode() == 404){
      Server.ClearError();
      Server.Transfer("/Errors/404.aspx");
    }
  }
}

In you error page, you should ensure that you’re setting the status code correctly:

// If you're running under IIS 7 in Integrated mode set use this line to override
// IIS errors:
Response.TrySkipIisCustomErrors = true;

// Set status code and message; you could also use the HttpStatusCode enum:
// System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound
Response.StatusCode = 404;
Response.StatusDescription = "Page not found";

You can also handle the various other error codes in here quite nicely.

Google will generally follow the 302, and then honour the 404 status code – so you need to make sure that you return that on your error page.

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