There is nothing in the Try block. What exception could be caught if nothing is happening? When the (empty) Try block completes, execution does not fall through to the Catch, it jumps down to the Finally.

>Dear All,
>
>I am expecting to see a nice and friendly "caught an exception" in DetailView itemInserting event below.. but it doesnot work ..
>could any body please explain.. what I missed?
>
>Regards
>Winanjaya
>
>
>Private Sub DetailsView1_ItemInserting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsViewInsertEventArgs) Handles DetailsView1.ItemInserting
>
>Dim log As System.Diagnostics.EventLog = New System.Diagnostics.EventLog
>
>Try
>
>Catch ex As OracleException
>Dim errMsg As String = "Code: " & ex.Code & vbCrLf & _
>"Message: " & ex.Message
>e.Cancel = True
>log.Source = "My Application"
>log.WriteEntry(errMsg)
>Console.WriteLine("An Oracle exception occurred, please contact your system Administrator.")
>
>Catch ex As Exception
>Dim errMsg As String = ex.Message
>e.Cancel = True
>log.Source = "My Application"
>log.WriteEntry(errMsg)
>Console.WriteLine("An other exception occurred, please contact your system Administrator.")
>
>Finally
>
>End Try
>
>End Sub