Using continue statement in catch block

Question

I have a foreach loop that is looping through an entity framework result. Each result is being passed through a function. So to catch any errors I have a try/catch block setup.

Something like this:

foreach (var resetReq in query)
{
    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Attemtping password reset for: " + resetReq.uname);
        if (adTools.resetPassword(resetReq.uname, resetReq.agentUCID))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Password reset for: " + resetReq.uname);
            using (var updateDB = new resetDB())
            {
                Request r = updateDB.Requests.First(x => x.id == resetReq.id);
                r.reqCompletedDate = DateTime.Now;
                r.completed = 1;

                updateDB.SaveChanges();

                Console.WriteLine("Reset record for: " + resetReq.uname + 
                                  " updated successfully to reflect completion.");
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        mailFunctions mailFunc = new mailFunctions();
        mailFunc.sendMail(ex);
        continue;
    }
}

My question is, will the continue statement in my catch block function properly? Meaning once the exception is thrown and my mail function is fired off, will it continue to loop?

Why don't you execute the code and let us know? I think you don't need the continue at all. — bit, Nov 04 '14 at 06:19
In this case continue is redundant. `continue` makes no difference here. Code will behave exactly same irrespective of the continue statement. — Sriram Sakthivel, Nov 04 '14 at 06:20
This is a great example of a question that should be answered with a debugger instead of StackOverflow — Peter Duniho, Nov 04 '14 at 06:27
Thanks for the input...I asked here because it didn't appear to be working and also because I wanted to know if it would even be necessary. — ITninja04, Nov 04 '14 at 06:41

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '14 at 06:23

4

The continue will work.

However, it is redundant. You don't need the continue at all, since there is no code after the catch block, that needs to be skipped due to any exception being caught.

answered Nov 04 '14 at 06:23

bit

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