I have a C# web method that sometimes throws an exception when the call shown below times out (>30 seconds). This is fine I expect this behavior, but the problem is, when the ajax call hits the .fail callback, the error message states "Internal server error". I want to be able to catch the exception and report that the database timed out. How can I do this?
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public static string GetSPResults(string reportId, string sproc, Dictionary<string, string> parameters, string[] ensureArrays, string[] encryptArrays, string[] dateFields)
{
...
XElement result = avdata.ExecuteSPXmlXElement(sproc, parameters, null);
...
}
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/Patrol/Report.aspx/GetSPResults",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
data: JSON.stringify(postData)
}).done(function (result) {
...
}).fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, err) {
alert("An error has occurred: " + err); //rerpots "Internal server error" no matter what problem occurs server-side
});