Try Catch question

[rrocket]

I am sending info to another site that goes down every now and then... In the event that it is down or another error occurs I would like to run a specific function so that the customer does not see that there is an issue, but I still get there information.

Here is what I have so far:

protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //sendSmallShippingEmail();
        try
        {
            SendtoX();
        }
        catch
        {
            sendSmallShippingEmail();
        }
    }
 

Basically what I want to happen is to use just one or the other, not both. If the SendtoX does not work the function in the catch should work. Right now it is doing both if the site is working and just the email when the site is down. Any ideas? I have done some reading about try/catch, but there are no examples of using it the way I would like to. If there is a better way to deal with this please let me know.

[r035198x]

I am sending info to another site that goes down every now and then... In the event that it is down or another error occurs I would like to run a specific function so that the customer does not see that there is an issue, but I still get there information.

Here is what I have so far:

protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //sendSmallShippingEmail();
        try
        {
            SendtoX();
        }
        catch
        {
            sendSmallShippingEmail();
        }
    }
 

Basically what I want to happen is to use just one or the other, not both. If the SendtoX does not work the function in the catch should work. Right now it is doing both if the site is working and just the email when the site is down. Any ideas? I have done some reading about try/catch, but there are no examples of using it the way I would like to. If there is a better way to deal with this please let me know.

Let the SendtoX() method return a variable maybe an int. Use that int to decide whether to call the sendSmallShippingEmail() method or not.

[Plater]

In the example you gave (Well If you make sure you say catch(Exception ee) ), the code in the Exception block should onnly be run if an exception is thrown.
I am thinking that somewhere in your SendtoX() function an exception is being thrown, but not until after it has done its job.
I would debug and see what exception is being thrown.

[rrocket]

In the example you gave (Well If you make sure you say catch(Exception ee) ), the code in the Exception block should onnly be run if an exception is thrown.
I am thinking that somewhere in your SendtoX() function an exception is being thrown, but not until after it has done its job.
I would debug and see what exception is being thrown.

Yeah you were right... I printed the exception to a querystring and it says "Thread was being aborted". What is that supposed to mean?

[rrocket]

Okay, I figured out what the issue was... I have a redirect at the end of the initial try function that was causing the thread aborting thing. When I put false at the end

Response.Redirect("/dev/thankyouemails/thankyouemail_sps.aspx?ReturnVal=" + ReturnedVal, false);
 
instead of
 
Response.Redirect("/dev/thankyouemails/thankyouemail_sps.aspx?ReturnVal=" + ReturnedVal);
 
 

it worked fine. From what I was reading it tells the page to quit processing the current page before moving on to the one it is redirecting. If I do not have that right please let me know. :)

[Frinavale]

Okay, I figured out what the issue was... I have a redirect at the end of the initial try function that was causing the thread aborting thing. When I put false at the end

Response.Redirect("/dev/thankyouemails/thankyouemail_sps.aspx?ReturnVal=" + ReturnedVal, false);
 
instead of
 
Response.Redirect("/dev/thankyouemails/thankyouemail_sps.aspx?ReturnVal=" + ReturnedVal);
 
 

it worked fine. From what I was reading it tells the page to quit processing the current page before moving on to the one it is redirecting. If I do not have that right please let me know. :)

You are correct...the Response.Redirect method takes 2 parameters:

• url: A String for specifying the target location.
• endResponse: A Boolean that indicates whether execution of the current page should terminate.