try-catch blocks with the return type

Question

If I have a method that returns something, like

public DataTable ReturnSomething()
{
   try
   {  
      //logic here
     return ds.Tables[0];
   }
   catch (Ex         


        

Answer 1

How about this :

public DataTable ReturnSomething(out string errorString)
{
   errorString = string.Empty;
   DataTable dt = new DataTable();
   try
   {  
      //logic here
     dt = ds.Tables[0];
   }
   catch (Exception e)
   {
      errorString = e.Message;
   }
   return dt;
}