From: Steven Hansen <runner@...>
Date: 2006-07-01T10:00:47+09:00
Subject: Taking Control of Un-handled Exceptions


Greetings,

I'm trying to catch all un-handled exceptions.  I'm having problems 
handling the RoutingError and UnknownAction exceptions.


I've added the following to my application controller as a protected method:

def rescue_action(exception)
  render(:text => "error")
end


As far as I understand, this should catch all uncaught exceptions and 
override the rails default "rescue_action" method.

However, anytime a RoutingError  occurs, the "app_root/public/404.html" 
file gets displayed.  The rescue_action method doesn't even get called.  
Am I doing something wrong?  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Steven