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ASP.NET in a Nutshell
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ASP.NET in a Nutshell

by G. Andrew Duthie, Matthew MacDonald
June 2002
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
28h 12m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

GetLastError

Synopsis

LastException = Server.GetLastError(  )

Returns the last exception thrown.

Parameters

LastException

An object of type Exception to receive the application’s last exception.

Example

The code in GetLastError.aspx displays a button that, when clicked, calls a server-side event handler that declares three Integers and purposely divides by zero (a no-no) to cause an exception. The code in the Page_Error event handler declares an Exception object and a String, gets the Exception using GetLastError, tests whether the object reference is valid and assigns the Message property of the exception to the string variable, and then writes the value to the browser using the Response.Write method. You can also call the GetLastError method from the Application_Error event handler, which you can place in the global.asax file to catch errors that have not been handled at the page level.

<%@ Page Language="VB" %> <html> <head> <title>Examining the Last Error</title> <script runat="server"> Sub CauseError(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim x, y, z As Integer y = 1 z = 0 x = y / z End Sub Sub Page_Error(Source As Object, E As EventArgs) Dim LastError As Exception Dim ErrMessage As String LastError = Server.GetLastError( ) If Not LastError Is Nothing Then ErrMessage = LastError.Message Else ErrMessage = "No Errors" End If Response.Write("Last Error = " & ErrMessage & "<br/><br/>") Server.ClearError( ) End Sub </script> </head> <body> <form runat="server"> <h4><font face="verdana">Cause ...
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