Debug Vs Release Mode

6 May 2006 11:39 AM

c_shah

I am a SQL DBA just started to learn Visual Basic 2005 so I apologize
for this very simple question.

What's the fundamental difference between debug mode vs release mode.

I am using Visual Basic Express edition when I build my project it is
creating two directories inside bin, debug and release.

So far I come to know that in the release mode all the debugging
information is removed
(Debug.writeline etc.) What performance difference that will make?

I also noticed that there is a .pdb file (Program debug database)
created when you build your project. what is the .pdb file?

Thanks in advance.

6 May 2006 2:24 PM

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)

Debug includes the PDB for debugging. It is also unoptomized. Release is
optimized and contains no debug info.

PDB is a "database" of pointers to source code and enables debugging by
linking instructions to source code. WIthout it, you cannot debug.

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Gregory A. Beamer

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"c_shah" <shah.chi***@netzero.net> wrote in message
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>I am a SQL DBA just started to learn Visual Basic 2005 so I apologize
> for this very simple question.
>
> What's the fundamental difference between debug mode vs release mode.
>
> I am using Visual Basic Express edition when I build my project it is
> creating two directories inside bin, debug and release.
>
> So far I come to know that in the release mode all the debugging
> information is removed
> (Debug.writeline etc.) What performance difference that will make?
>
> I also noticed that there is a .pdb file (Program debug database)
> created when you build your project. what is the .pdb file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>