Requests periodically do not hit Apache

Hello,

I am running Apache2 on a windows 2003 server. The web app has been
running for over a year now. I regularly update code and I have never
run into any problems.

Yesterday I migrated a lot of new code to the server. Everything
seemed to work fine except that I cannot access a specific file. When
the user requests that file via IE you get the standard Page Cannot be
Displayed error.

On occasion, however, the page can be accessed and Apache serves it up.
There are lots of other pages in the same directory and no others are
causing this problem. When the page is not displayed the Apache access
log does not register the request.

I have tried renaming the page and it doesn't work. I have tried
changing the content of the page to a simple Hello World - no luck.

I cannot identify any difference between the times the page loads and
the times it does not. It seems that the request is not hitting
Apache.

I have tried rebooting the server, no luck.

I can't see how it could be a connectivity, firewall, or security issue
because every other page in the same directory works fine.

This is an urgent problem and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,

Matt

Now I'm thinking this is not a server /apache issue. If I try to reach
the page directly, it works fine. But if I try to reach it from
another page it doesn't work. The "other" page is a form that submits
via POST to the page that is causing problems.

The strange part is that these pages work perfectly in our test
environment.

mattrapoport wrote:

> I regularly update code and I have never
> run into any problems.

> Yesterday I migrated a lot of new code to the server. Everything
> seemed to work fine except that I cannot access a specific file.

You indicate sometimes the page can be accessed. This suggests
no browser problem.

A presumption is you are referring to a cgi application because
of your "code" wording.

Replace your new code with your old code and discover if this
page displays ok.

Checking your access logs is good. Check your error log as well.

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