Tabs and errors

Tabs and errors


I have an issue that I can't seem to locate anywhere in the docs or in
this group. I am using tabs for the first time. It seems to work
great. But I have a problem in that when a server error occurs, I
don't know whether to send out just the tab contents or a whole page
(that is, if the error occurs on a non-tab page, I obviously want the
header, css, etc., but if the error occurs on a tabbed page, I want to
send only the tab contents (the actual error message - the header,
css, etc. is already on the page).
Has anyone else figured out a solution for this? At first, I thought
if I sent a redirect, the browser would redirect the whole page, but
Firefox, at least, just silently executes the redirect and puts it
obligingly in the tab, leaving me with two headers, two footers, and
so forth.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
David Sills