ELMAH display data in exception data dictionary

Question

When using ELMAH (which is brilliant) is it possible to view extra information that you have added to an exception.

E.g.

Exception ex = new Exception("New exception to use ErrorSignal functionality");
ex.Data.Add("ExtraInfo", "Here is some extra information i would like to be displayed.");
ErrorSignal.FromCurrentContext().Raise(ex);

When I view the exception from elmah.axd it doesn’t seem to show the “ExtraInfo” key and value information, just the exception string.

Answer 1

No, it is not possible to view the extra information with the current 1.x releases.

Answer 2

The simple way to go around, is to encapsulate the error. The outer error will contain you custom message.

string msg = "my custom error message";

ErrorSignal.FromCurrentContext().Raise( new Elmah.ApplicationException(msg,ex));