1. Application Tracing and Error Handling

2. Catching Exceptions with TRY … CATCH Sub Page_Load Dim conNorthwind As SqlConnection Dim cmdSelect As SqlCommand conNorthwind = New _ SqlConnection( "Server=localhost;UID=sa;pwd=secret;Database=Northwind;Connection _ TimeOut=15" ) cmdSelect = New SqlCommand( "select * from Products", conNorthwind ) Try conNorthwind.Open dgrdProducts.DataSource = cmdSelect.ExecuteReader() dgrdProducts.DataBind() conNorthwind.Close Catch Response.Write( "We're sorry, we are experiencing technical problems..." ) End Try End Sub

3. Catching Exceptions with TRY … CATCH TryCatch.aspx <asp:DataGrid ID="dgrdProducts" Runat="Server" />

4. Catching Exceptions with TRY … CATCH Sub Page_Load Dim conNorthwind As SqlConnection Dim cmdSelect As SqlCommand conNorthwind = New SqlConnection( "Server=localhost;UID=sa; _ pwd=secret;Database=Northwind;Connection Timeout=15" ) cmdSelect = New SqlCommand( "select * from Products", conNorthwind ) Try conNorthwind.Open dgrdProducts.DataSource = cmdSelect.ExecuteReader dgrdProducts.DataBind() conNorthwind.Close Catch objException As Exception Response.Write( "We're sorry, we are experiencing technical problems..." ) Response.Write( " " ) Response.Write( " Message: " & objException.Message ) Response.Write( " Source: " & objException.Source ) Response.Write( " Stack Trace: " & objException.StackTrace ) Response.Write( " Target Site: " & objException.TargetSite.Name ) End Try End Sub

5. Catching Exceptions with TRY … CATCH CatchException.aspx <asp:DataGrid ID="dgrdProducts" Runat="Server" /> Message: Returns a string that represents the error message Source: Returns a string representing the object or application that caused the error StackTrace: Returns a string that represents the methods called immediately before the error occurred TargetSite: Returns a MethodBase object that rerepresents the method that caused the error

6. Catch Particular Exceptions  SqlException Sub Page_Load Dim conNorthwind As SqlConnection Dim cmdSelect As SqlCommand conNorthwind = New SqlConnection( "Server=localhost;UID=sa;pwd=secret; _ Database=Northwind;Connection TimeOut=15" ) cmdSelect = New SqlCommand( "select * from BadTable", conNorthwind ) Try conNorthwind.Open() dgrdProducts.DataSource = cmdSelect.ExecuteReader dgrdProducts.DataBind() conNorthwind.Close Catch objException As SqlException Dim objError As SqlError For each objError in objException.Errors Response.Write( " " & objError.Message ) Next End Try End Sub

7. Catch Particular Exceptions SqlException.aspx <asp:DataGrid ID="dgrdProducts" Runat="Server" />  SqlException

8. Catching Unhandled Exceptions in a Page Sub Page_Error Response.Write( "Sorry, there was an error:" ) Response.Write( " " ) Response.Write( Server.GetLastError.Message ) Server.ClearError() End Sub Sub Page_Load Dim txtTextBox As TextBox txtTextBox.Text = "Hello World!" End Sub PageError.aspx This page contains an error!

9. Tracing and Monitoring Your Application Sub Page_Load Trace.Warn( "Page Loading" ) End Sub Sub Button_Click( s As Object, e As EventArgs ) Trace.Warn( "The value of favColor is " & txtFavColor.Text ) lblMessage.Text = "Button Clicked!" End Sub Trace.aspx Enter your Favorite Color Favorite Color: <asp:TextBox ID="txtFavColor" Runat="Server" /> <asp:Button Text="Click Here!" OnClick="Button_Click" Runat="Server" /> <asp:Label ID="lblMessage" Runat="Server" />

10. Using the Debugger  Web.Config

11. Using the Debugger Sub Page_Load Dim intcounter As Integer For intCounter = 0 to 10 lblCount.Text = intCounter.ToString() Next End Sub DebugThis.aspx <asp:Label id="lblCount" Runat="Server" /> Create a break point