Docs for $.ajax should have an example for error handling

[bjscott]

It isn't obvious how to get the error text returned (either in the status or the response) in $.ajax's error handler if you're not already all over XmlHttpRequest. Something like this maybe:

$.ajax({

type: "POST", url: "delete.php", data: "id=INVALID", success: function(data){

alert("Success: " + data);

}, error: function(req, status, error) {

alert("Error (status): " + req.statusText); alert("Error (response): " + req.responseText);

}

});