Make SQLite connection fail if database is missing? (deleted/moved)

Question

I have the following method inside class DBConnection. I call the method like this: SQLiteConnection conn = DBConnection.OpenDB(); when I want to o

Answer 1

Don't catch at that level. Instead, SQLiteConnection should implement IDisposable, meaning you should just return the open connection and allow calling code to handle any exceptions, as well as rely on the Dispose method to close the connection.