Question

I connect my windows mobile app directly to ms-sql server using the sqlclient dll from microsoft.
Some times I get this error when trying to get some data from the server:

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: SqlException
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.ConsumeMetaData()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.get_MetaData()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader()

Every time I have a error like this I need to try a few other things, some times the connection string is no good, or the network is not configured right or any other random problem.

Is there a way I could get a bit more info from the program so I shouldn’t have to waste a few hours figuring out what might went rung?

Answer 1

Ok I found the answer… I changed: Catch ex As Exception To: Catch ex As SqlException

Now I get the specific error nicely displayed in the message.