How to report error to $.ajax without throwing exception in MVC controller?

Question

I have a controller, and a method as defined...

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UpdateUser(UserInformation model){

   // Instead of throwing exception
   thr         


        

Answer 1

Best way I have found is as follows:

// Return error status and custom message as 'errorThrown' parameter of ajax request
return new HttpStatusCodeResult(400, "Ajax error test");