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Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.SqlClient public class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim SqlConnection1 As New SqlConnection("server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;" & _ "integrated security=sspi;database=MyDatabase") Dim thisCommand As SqlCommand = SqlConnection1.CreateCommand() thisCommand.CommandText = "Select nonExistColumn from Employee" Try SqlConnection1.Open() thisCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch ex As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException Dim str As String str = "Source : " & ex.Source & ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Number : " & ex.Number & ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Message : " & ex.Message & ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Class : " & ex.Class.ToString() & ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Procedure : " & ex.Procedure & ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Line number : " & ex.LineNumber.ToString() & ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Server : " & ex.Server Console.WriteLine("Database Exception" & str) Catch ex As System.Exception Dim str As String str = "Source : " & ex.Source str &= ControlChars.NewLine str &= "Exception Message : " & ex.Message Console.WriteLine("General Exception" & str) Finally If SqlConnection1.State = ConnectionState.Open Then Console.WriteLine("Finally block closing the connection") SqlConnection1.Close() End If End Try End Sub End Class