try null catch, or something else

[BubikolRamios]

if con.rs.getString("prop") comes out null this will go to exception, coz split would not work

In dilema if this is best way to do it(performance, ...) ? Because I have a bunch of similar things in same procedure.

try
{
  this.prop= con.rs.getString("prop").split("\\|")[1];
}
catch(Exception ex)
{  
   this.prop= "";
}

[Aradon]

Can you not just check if the String is Null (Or even if it just equals "")? Or you could check the length, or any other sort of various things I believe.

[jolly_nikki]

try
{
this.prop= con.rs.getString("prop");
if(this.prop != null){
this.prop= this.prop.split("\\|")[1];
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
this.prop= "";
}