C# using statement catch error

Question

I am just looking at the using statement, I have always known what it does but until now not tried using it, I have come up with the below code:

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Answer 1

I would make my decision on when to and when not to use the using statement dependant on the resource I am dealing with. In the case of a limited resource, such as an ODBC connection I would prefer to use T/C/F so I can log meaningful errors at the point they occurred. Letting database driver errors bubble back to the client and potentially be lost in the higher level exception wrapping is sub optimal.

T/C/F gives you peace of mind that the resource is being handled the way you want it to. As some have already mentioned, the using statement does not provide exception handling it just ensures the resource is destructed. Exception handling is an underuitilised and underestimated language structure that is often the difference between the success and failure of a solution.