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  • Riki Tiilikainen
    Riki Tiilikainen
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    Database connection keeps creating a new database

    Posted May 10, 2020 8:45pm by Riki Tiilikainen
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  • Siraj Khan
    Siraj Khan
    3,451 Points

    The try catch block is not working.

    Posted January 30, 2019 9:01am by Siraj Khan
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  • Attila Balog
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    Connection successfully.(every time)

    Posted April 11, 2017 3:50pm by Attila Balog
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  • Matt Corby
    Matt Corby
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    Why do we need the Exception $e parameter to the catch() if we don't use it?

    Posted February 1, 2017 8:40pm by Matt Corby
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  • Hector F.
    Hector F.
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    try-Catch is not catching exceptions

    Posted December 16, 2016 9:19pm by Hector F.
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  • Jonathan Grieve
    Jonathan Grieve
    91,254 Points

    Try catch always returns successful connection

    Posted October 4, 2016 3:04pm by Jonathan Grieve
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  • Boaoboa RLlaof
    Boaoboa RLlaof
    94 Points

    Problem with catch

    Posted September 2, 2016 12:07pm by Boaoboa RLlaof
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  • Mark Berning
    Mark Berning
    11,326 Points

    Misspelled db name still connects successfully on my local machine (not using Workspaces).

    Posted May 10, 2016 3:25am by Mark Berning
    Mark Berning
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