jQuery Ajax error handling, show custom exception messages

Question

Is there some way I can show custom exception messages as an alert in my jQuery AJAX error message?

For example, if I want to throw an exception on the server side v

Answer 1

You have a JSON object of the exception thrown, in the xhr object. Just use

alert(xhr.responseJSON.Message);

The JSON object expose two other properties: 'ExceptionType' and 'StackTrace'