From: Davide Benini Date: 2008-09-11T21:29:22+09:00 Subject: Re: How to check if a webpage exists > Dear Davide, > > glad that it worked this far. > You could use Hpricot's parsing capabilities to check whether the page > you loaded Good point Alex, I was so focused on this small chunk of code I didn't think I can chek the page later, during the processing. At any rate, thanks all here, now I'm able to deal with the 404 exception, I just have to take care of other problems in other parts of the app. Cheers, Davide -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.