Review: Microsoft N Layer App Sample, Part V–Cross Cutting is a fine line

continuing my review of http://microsoftnlayerapp.codeplex.com/ , an official guidance (shows up at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/es-es/architecture/en ) which people are expected to read and follow.

from the evidence, it seems that there has been some (lacking, insufficient and usually causing damage, but some) attention given to cross cutting concerns:

that is why i was shocked to read method after method that read like this:

and this:

and this:

i mean, did at no point someone stand up and said: “my ctrl+c / ctrl+v keys just fell off, we might need to think about a better way of doing this"?

i mean, cross cutting concerns didn’t raise the question of error handling?

i mean, seriously, you want to tell me that this type of code is an official guidance from microsoft?