Visual Studio 2008 debugger keeps detaching

Question

Hello i'm trying to debug some code i.e. trying to get the values of some parameters

 public SqlDataReader GetAllCompaniesByType(int type)
    {
        SqlParameter[] sqlp = new SqlParameter[2];

        sqlp[0] = new SqlParameter("@CompanyTypeID", type);
        sqlp[1] = new SqlParameter("@AreaID", DBNull.Value);

        try
        {
            return SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(Settings.GetConnectionString(), CommandType.StoredProcedure, "procExtCompaniesByCompanyTypeIDSelect", sqlp);
        }
        catch (SqlException sqlEx)
        {
            ErrorReporting.WriteExceptionToLog(Settings.GetErrorLog(), sqlEx);
            return null;
        }
    }

but for some reason the debugger keeps detaching. It is not just this code but happening everywhere it is driving me INSANE... does anyone know how to fix this??? Is it an IIS issue or vis studio??? Please help!

Answer 1

If the debugger detatches at random it is generally because the process it is atatched to has terminated. Just a wild guesss but a common thing to cause a process to end without throwing an exception that is caught in the debugger is a stack overflow. Does it detatch on the same line of code repeatedly or does it do it at random? If it is at random then maybe there is some issue with the machine you are debugging on, try debugging on a different PC see if you get the same issue.

Answer 2

I recently ran into this issue with debugging while running multiple instances of Internet Explorer 8. Could this be your problem?

Answer 3

Try cleaning your solution & clearing out all the asp.net temporary files.

you may find the temp files here C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files.

Check your modules view are symbols being loaded?