Error Handling

[Justin Dutoit]

Hey. I'm still not experienced at error handling, and I need to know if
Try.. Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your own app, ie
bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db problems, file not
found. Any websites or books on error handling, real-life examples, would be
appreciated.

Tks

Justin Dutoit

[Lucas Tam]

"Justin Dutoit" <an**@anon.co m> wrote in
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Hey. I'm still not experienced at error handling, and I need to know
if Try.. Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your
own app, ie bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db
problems, file not found. Any websites or books on error handling,
real-life examples, would be appreciated.

Try Catch is used to handle ANY error... could be DB error, your own
errors, etc.

As the name of the syntax implies, it is used to catch errors : )

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[Justin Dutoit]

Could you point me to some detailed examples, including how the errors are
handled? I know you log them in the db, or windows event log, but what
else....

Tks
Justin
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"Justin Dutoit" <an**@anon.co m> wrote in
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Hey. I'm still not experienced at error handling, and I need to know
if Try.. Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your
own app, ie bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db
problems, file not found. Any websites or books on error handling,
real-life examples, would be appreciated.

Try Catch is used to handle ANY error... could be DB error, your own
errors, etc.

As the name of the syntax implies, it is used to catch errors : )

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[Lucas Tam]

"Justin Dutoit" <an**@anon.co m> wrote in
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Could you point me to some detailed examples, including how the errors
are handled? I know you log them in the db, or windows event log, but
what else....

Text File. Display message box. It doesn't really matter. It's up to you
how to handle the error.

Some people even call another function and process the data a different
way.

Think of the Try, Catch as a big if statement, with the condition being the
error.
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[Justin Dutoit]

Thanks, but I mean an example of a situation, say, editing a record in a db.
What can go wrong and what might the code look like please?

Tks
Justin
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"Justin Dutoit" <an**@anon.co m> wrote in
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Could you point me to some detailed examples, including how the errors
are handled? I know you log them in the db, or windows event log, but
what else....
Text File. Display message box. It doesn't really matter. It's up to you
how to handle the error.

Some people even call another function and process the data a different
way.

Think of the Try, Catch as a big if statement, with the condition being

the error.
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[vipul DotNet]

this is a simple example :-

private sub errHandler()

Dim x As Integer

Dim y As Integer

Dim z As Integer

x = 10

y = 0

Try

'we are going to divide and integer by zero to generate an error

z = x / y

Catch ex1 As System.Overflow Exception

MessageBox.Show ("Over Flow")

Finally

MessageBox.Show ("finally")

End Try

this code will throw the error.

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[Nice Chap]

Justin,

Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your own app, ie

bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db problems, file not
found.<<

If I understand your question correctly, here is my tuppence worth:

1. Try Catch are used to handle 'Exceptions'
2. Exceptions as 'Unexpected' events that prevent a method/function from
performing its nomral task.
3. Expections should not be confused for Application Rule Failure
(Validation). You except the validation to fail and you would know how to
handle it.
4. So, 'Your' methods always should return an Error Code to indicate success
or failure.
5. Catch an exception ONLY when you know how to handle it.
6. For predictability, it is a good idea to install a global Expception
Handler to handle all Unhandled exceptions.

Well about how exactly to handle Exceptions, when you are using the services
of an external dotnet object(some thing written by others), the author will
normally publish the Exceptions that the object is programmed to throw. You
handle those exceptions in your function( only if you know how to deal with
it).

Vipul,

Are your sure z = x / y will cause an Exception ? Dotnet uses IEEE
Arithmetic standard and I would be surprised if divide by zero is thrown as
an exception in VB.net.

"vipul DotNet" <yp***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
news:OY******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... this is a simple example :-

private sub errHandler()

Dim x As Integer

Dim y As Integer

Dim z As Integer

x = 10

y = 0

Try

'we are going to divide and integer by zero to generate an error

z = x / y

Catch ex1 As System.Overflow Exception

MessageBox.Show ("Over Flow")

Finally

MessageBox.Show ("finally")

End Try

this code will throw the error.

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[Cor]

Justin,

Hey. I'm still not experienced at error handling, and I need to know if
Try.. Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your own app, ie bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db problems, file not
found. Any websites or books on error handling, real-life examples, would be appreciated.

If you try this little example, I think you see it.
\\\
Dim a As Integer
Try
a = CInt("a")
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show (ex.Message)
End Try
/////
I hope this helps a little bit.
Cor

[vipul DotNet]

nice chap ,
yes this code will throw an error and it will be caught under the
system.Overflow Exception

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Justin,

Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your own app, ie

bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db problems, file not
found.<<

If I understand your question correctly, here is my tuppence worth:

1. Try Catch are used to handle 'Exceptions'
2. Exceptions as 'Unexpected' events that prevent a method/function from
performing its nomral task.
3. Expections should not be confused for Application Rule Failure
(Validation). You except the validation to fail and you would know how to
handle it.
4. So, 'Your' methods always should return an Error Code to indicate

success or failure.
5. Catch an exception ONLY when you know how to handle it.
6. For predictability, it is a good idea to install a global Expception
Handler to handle all Unhandled exceptions.

Well about how exactly to handle Exceptions, when you are using the services of an external dotnet object(some thing written by others), the author will normally publish the Exceptions that the object is programmed to throw. You handle those exceptions in your function( only if you know how to deal with it).

Vipul,

Are your sure z = x / y will cause an Exception ? Dotnet uses IEEE
Arithmetic standard and I would be surprised if divide by zero is thrown as an exception in VB.net.

"vipul DotNet" <yp***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
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this is a simple example :-

private sub errHandler()

Dim x As Integer

Dim y As Integer

Dim z As Integer

x = 10

y = 0

Try

'we are going to divide and integer by zero to generate an error

z = x / y

Catch ex1 As System.Overflow Exception

MessageBox.Show ("Over Flow")

Finally

MessageBox.Show ("finally")

End Try

this code will throw the error.

-------

[vipul DotNet]

thanks Nice Chap for the warning !

vipul

"Nice Chap" <Ni******@Plasm aDyne.com> wrote in message
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Well, here is a word of caution, if you used 'Single' or 'Double' as the LHS of a quotient assignment( in most of the cases you would), dot net DOES NOT THROW AN EXCEPTION for divide by zero. You have to use IsInfinity* functions to test the value for your range. This is in line with IEEE Arithmetic. But If you used an integral data type as LHS dotnet does throw an exception.

"vipul DotNet" <yp***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
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nice chap ,
yes this code will throw an error and it will be caught under the
system.Overflow Exception

"Nice Chap" <Ni******@Plasm aDyne.com> wrote in message
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Justin,

>>Catch blocks are meant to be used to handle errors in your own app, ie bugs. Or, are they only for external things like db problems, file not
found.<<

If I understand your question correctly, here is my tuppence worth:

1. Try Catch are used to handle 'Exceptions'
2. Exceptions as 'Unexpected' events that prevent a method/function from performing its nomral task.
3. Expections should not be confused for Application Rule Failure
(Validation). You except the validation to fail and you would know how to handle it.
4. So, 'Your' methods always should return an Error Code to indicate

success

or failure.
5. Catch an exception ONLY when you know how to handle it.
6. For predictability, it is a good idea to install a global Expception Handler to handle all Unhandled exceptions.

Well about how exactly to handle Exceptions, when you are using the

services

of an external dotnet object(some thing written by others), the author

will

normally publish the Exceptions that the object is programmed to

throw. You

handle those exceptions in your function( only if you know how to deal

with

it).

Vipul,

Are your sure z = x / y will cause an Exception ? Dotnet uses IEEE
Arithmetic standard and I would be surprised if divide by zero is

thrown as

an exception in VB.net.

"vipul DotNet" <yp***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
news:OY******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
> this is a simple example :-
>
> private sub errHandler()
>
> Dim x As Integer
>
> Dim y As Integer
>
> Dim z As Integer
>
> x = 10
>
> y = 0
>
> Try
>
> 'we are going to divide and integer by zero to generate an error
>
> z = x / y
>
> Catch ex1 As System.Overflow Exception
>
> MessageBox.Show ("Over Flow")
>
> Finally
>
> MessageBox.Show ("finally")
>
> End Try
>
> this code will throw the error.
>
> -------
>
>
>
>
>