Debug the StackOverFlow exception

Question

When I run my C# program it throws an Stack Overflow exception in one of the methods on a DLL that I have a reference to it in my solution. but no debugging info is available to me because it says it is an stack overflow exception and no info is available. what are the next debugging steps that I should follow to understand what is going on and why ?

thanks

Edit: here is the code that stops at:

static public Collection SortCollection(Collection oCollection, string sPropertyName, string sKeyPropertyName)
{ 
    return SortCollection(oCollection, sPropertyName, sKeyPropertyName); 
} 

Answer 1

In 99% cases root cause is infinite recursion.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Looking at your code, the method SortCollection just keeps calling itself over and over. That will create an infinite loop.

You need to do something inside the function to make it eventually stop calling itself, like Andrey says in his comment.