What is the proper way to re-throw an exception in C#? [duplicate]

Answer 1

My preferences is to use

try 
{
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
     ...
     throw new Exception ("Put more context here", ex)
}

This preserves the original error, but allows you to put more context, such as an object ID, a connection string, stuff like that. Often my exception reporting tool will have 5 chained exceptions to report, each reporting more detail.