Bug #6983 Exception stack trace lost when re-throwing exceptions
Submitted: 3 Dec 2004 12:10 Modified: 7 Dec 2004 17:39
Reporter: Sergey Koshcheyev
Status: Closed
Category:Connector/Net Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:1.0.2 OS:Microsoft Windows (WinXP)
Assigned to: Reggie Burnett Target Version:

[3 Dec 2004 12:10] Sergey Koshcheyev 
Description:
Hi,
in the source there are fragments like:

catch(Exception ex)
{
   do something;
   throw ex;
}

This leads to the exception losing its stack trace. To fix it, replace 'throw ex;' with
just 'throw;'. (See http://dotnetguy.techieswithcats.com/archives/004118.shtml)

How to repeat:
Print a stack trace of any exception that is re-thrown in the above clause.

Suggested fix:
See description
[6 Dec 2004 8:46] Hartmut Holzgraefe 
Not verified with running code but from reading the linked  
article i'd say the request is valid
[7 Dec 2004 17:39] Reggie Burnett 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest
available version, including the bugfix, yourself. More information 
about accessing the source trees is available at
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source_tree.html

Additional info:

Yes, it is indeed valid and has been fixed.  I made a note to fix these some time ago but
never got around to it.  Thanks for posting the bug report.