weird error in IE in central error page using jsp:include J2EE app

I dont have exact words how to explain this error in IE but will try best...here goes.

I've following in web.xml

  <error-page>
    <exception-type>javax.servlet.ServletException</exception-type>
    <location>/errorpages/Error.jsp</location>
  </error-page>

So whenever that exception happens in the application, we go to /errorpages/Error.jsp Error.jsp is getting the error messages using following attributes and simply puts them in a textarea (they are converted to strings later)

codeObj = request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.status_code");
messageObj = request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.message");
typeObj = request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.exception_type");

However, Error.jsp page also has <jsp:include> to display the left navigation menu.

<jsp:include page="/common/header.jsp" flush="true">
     <jsp:param name="path" value="images"/>
</jsp:include>

having the jsp:include results in page not being displayed in IE ...thought it works in Chrome.

I am stumped as to why/how this cou开发者_StackOverflow社区ld be happening. I am using IE7.

Has anyone come across this before?

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wow.

removing flush="true" works!!