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Handling optimistic concurrency violations

I'm trying to establish a concurrency violation verification in my SQL updates using C# and raw SQL. What I'm doing now is storing the TimeStamp value in a ...
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1 answer
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Is there a better way to test for the exception conditions?

This method assigns the value of a specified column in a DataRow to specified property in an object. I have 3 conditionals handling exceptions, and I want these ...
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Simplifying exception handling on Enumerators

I have a files search function that iterates over a given directory until a given depth is reached and returns the found files. I did this via the Enumerate methods of the Directory class and yield ...
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Reading image from jar

I am using this static method in my class IconManager to read an image from jar file. imagepath is a relative path to the image. ...
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Best way to handle repetitive error code or return value [closed]

I have a wrapper which interacts with a third party component. In Each function i am performing the operation if it the component is initialized. I have other function to check the errorCode and ...
3 votes
2 answers
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Storing and iterating over multiple NSError pointers

How would you refactor this kind of code? I've unsuccessfully tried several approaches (NSArray, NSPointerArray, plain C array), but always ran into pointer type checking error. ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Suggestions for improving error handling [closed]

I am interested in finding out what is the correct way of implementing error handling for this situation in C#. The system tries to do an operation. If the operation succeeded (returns a non-error ...
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1 answer
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PHP - Is this proper use of exceptions for error handling within classes?

I've searched plenty on this topic and have gotten a lot of good (but different) results. Some of the results weren't quite related and it does seem to be a matter of preference in the end, but I'm ...
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2 answers
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Add events dispatching for ActionScript framework Robotlegs

I have the following function in a Service class ...
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I think I'm not using Try Except properly in this Python code [closed]

Please offer some advice for this code. It all works, but I know that its messy and I don't think the Exception catching is doing what I want it to. Thanks in advance for any and all advice... <...
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uplifitng return value error reporting to Exception based error reporting

In Framework Design guideline book there is a chapter about Exception and they talk about return-value-based error reporting and exception based error reporting and the fact that we in a O.O language ...
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Is this right way to implement Abort, Retry and Ignore activity pattern?

I've a bunch of sequential activities. These are long running. Once an activity is complete, it can't be rolled back. Now something deep down the line fails. Now I've few options Report this to end ...
2 votes
1 answer
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How can I improve CreateGenre() function?

I use this function in my wordpress site to add genres to an album: What is it that makes this code so bulky? Is it have for the server or it just looks like? ...
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extending Exception to allow for auto appending class name on exception message

Got this idea from the php.net website on extending exceptions. The main thing I wanted with this was to have the exception name auto imprinted on the exception message, so I wouldn't have to write it ...
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Is it acceptable to pass an Exception into a function that then may or may not throw it?

I am still getting the hang of Exception Handling in PHP; Here is the scenario where I am using the convention: There are times where I have a SQL query that I need to turn into an object, so I wrote ...
3 votes
3 answers
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Exception handling continuing the excecution

This code is for continuing the execution after an exception, and this is ugly: ...
6 votes
2 answers
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Asserting when cleanup is required

I've been looking at ways to use asserts in programs that must do some kind of cleanup on fatal errors, and have arrived at the following pattern (PROJECT being replaced by the name of the project): <...
3 votes
2 answers
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Is my error handling feasible when dealing items not found in an array?

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Validating files and returning errors messages/boolean values

I am writing simple file validator for my java ee app and I am stack with my class api. I need specific error descriptions, but also I would like to have boolean values indicating whether file is ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Is This a Sufficient Demonstration of the Effects of Exception Handling [closed]

We have some developers in house that believe it is best practice to use exception handing as flow control, as well as, thinking that catching and re-throwing exceptions is effective error handling. ...
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Open database and hande errors

How to make this code better? ...

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