Imagine your code failed on dr= cmd..... What would the value of author be?
scott -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Curtis Koppang Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DOTNET] Use of unassigned local variable I get the "use of unassigned local variable 'author'" error on the following line of code... try { cn.Open(); dr = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess); author = new Author(dr); } finally { cn.Close(); } return author; But not on the following code. cn.Open(); dr = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess); author = new Author(dr); cn.Close(); return author; Why would the two be considered different? Tx, curt You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
