exception-handling

ADO/SQL Server: What is the error code for "timeout expired"?

i'm trying to trap a "timeout expired" error from ADO. When a timeout happens, ADO returns: Number: 0x80040E31 (DB_E_ABORTLIMITREACHED in oledberr.h) SQLState: HYT00 NativeError: 0 The NativeError of zero makes sense, since the timeout is not a function of the database engine (i.e. SQL Server), but of ADO's internal timeout m...

On Error Resume Next in Javascript?

Does try ... catch(e) provide the same service as On Error Resume Next in VB? I have a page which uses several JQuery plugins as well as some functions I have written myself. It would take a lot of work to address all possible exceptions. For now, I want to tell the script not to break on would be fatal errors. How do I do that when...

Exception handling protocol for methods

Is there any specific protocol for handling exceptions in public methods? Consider this eg. public int someMethod() { try{ code that might throw an exception } catch(Exception e) { log the exception } } Say that this method might throw an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. So, is it correct to handle this Exception ...

Grails Custom Error Page (500) & Tomcat

Hello I'm trying to implement simple custom error page after any Unhandled Exception being thrown by the Grails code. I've mapped the 500 to my controller: "500" ( controller: "error", action: "serverError" ) and handled the exception in the controller: def serverError = { try { // first check,...

ASP.NET UserControl OnError

UserControls in ASP.NET (4.0) inherit from System.Web.UI.UserControl. VisualStudio intellisense suggest OnError as valid override of TemplateControl. At runtime .NET ignores this error handling. Only the OnError at Page-Level gets invoked. Did i miss anything or is there a design issue? public partial class Sample : System.Web.UI.UserCo...

How to get full callstack of FaultException

Hi, I have a WCF service that throws an exception. I get a FaultException in the client without an InnerException. I only have part of the callstack of the original exception, from which it's hard to understand what caused this. How do I get the original exception or at least all the callstack? Thanks. ...

How to differentiate between exceptions i can show the user, and ones i can't?

i have some business logic that traps some logically invalid situations, e.g. trying to reverse a transaction that was already reversed. In this case the correct action is to inform the user: Transaction already reversed or Cannot reverse a reversing transaction or You do not have permission to reverse transactions or ...

Distinguishing between .NET exception types

For the love of all things holy, how do you distinguish between different "exception flavors" within the predefined .NET exception classes? For example, a piece of code might throw an XmlException under the following conditions: The root element of the document is NULL Invalid chars are in the document The document is too long All o...

Set reference = null in finally block?

A colleague of mine sets reference to null in finally blocks. I think this is nonsense. public Something getSomething() { JDBCConnection jdbc=null; try { jdbc=JDBCManager.getConnection(JDBCTypes.MYSQL); ... } finally { JDBCManager.free(jdbc); jdbc=null; // <-- Useful or not? } } What...

Resuming execution of code after exception is thrown and caught

Hi, How is it possible to resume code execution after an exception is thrown? For exampel, take the following code: namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Test { public void s() { throw new NotSupportedException(); string @class = "" ; Console.WriteLine(@class); ...

Using a general class for execution with try/catch/finally?

I find myself having a lot of this in different methods in my code: try { runABunchOfMethods(); } catch (Exception ex) { logger.Log(ex); } What about creating this: public static class Executor { private static ILogger logger; public delegate void ExecuteThis(); static Executor() { // logger = ...GetLog...

Writing exceptions in multihreaded windows service to event log

I have a multithreaded windows service that will unpredictably stop running once every 24 hours or so. I am writing to the event log and that's going through just fine, but whenever the service crashes there are no messages in the event log (even that the service stopped, despite having AutoLog=true). Is there a way to have uncaught exce...

FaultException<T>() exception thrown by the service is not caught by the client catch(FaultException<T>)

Ok, I know I am missing something here. I have the following operation contract: public double DivideByZero(int x, int y) { if (y == 0) { throw new FaultException<ArgumentException> (new ArgumentException("Just some dummy exception") ,new FaultReason("some very bogus reason"), new...

[grails + xfire] How to handle errors in SOAP services?

Hi all, I'm implementing a web service on the xfire plugin. I was wondering how I'm supposed to handle the errors. I tried with this setup but the error is not returned to the SOAP client: GaSession[] myMethod( String userId ) throws MyException{ GaUser user = GaUser.findByUserId( userId ) if (!user) throw new MyException("user...

Appropriate use of die()?

Note: I am using output buffering. It's just wrapped in the head() and foot() functions. I create pages in my current PHP project by using the following template: <?php include 'bootstrap.php'; head(); ?> <!-- Page content here --> <?php foot(); ?> Is the following example an appropriate use of die()? Also, what sort of problems mi...

C# async callback on disposed form

Quick question: One of my forms in my winform app (c#) makes an async call to a WCF service to get some data. If the form happens to close before the callback happens, it crashes with an error about accessing a disposed object. What's the correct way to check/handle this situation? The error happens on the Invoke call to the method to ...

Java resource closing

Hi, I'm writing an app that connect to a website and read one line from it. I do it like this: try{ URLConnection connection = new URL("www.example.com").openConnection(); BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream())); String response = rd.readLine(); rd.close...

ASP.NET Exception Handling in background threads

When I do ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem, I don't want unhandled exceptions to kill my entire process. So I do something like: ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(delegate() { try { FunctionIActuallyWantToCall(); } catch { HandleException(); } }); Is this the recommended pattern? It seems like there should be a simpler way to do this. ...

Where do I handle asynchronous exceptions?

Consider the following code: class Foo { // boring parts omitted private TcpClient socket; public void Connect(){ socket.BeginConnect(Host, Port, new AsyncCallback(cbConnect), quux); } private void cbConnect(IAsyncResult result){ // blah } } If socket throws an exception after BeginConnec...

Is it okay to use try catch inside finally?

Hi, I am using a buffered writer and my code, closes the writer in the finally block. My code is like this. ........... BufferedWriter theBufferedWriter = null; try{ theBufferedWriter =..... .... ...... ..... } catch (IOException anException) { .... } finally { try { theBufferedW...