I have the following code, but the alert box is not displaying.

try
{
    do something..          
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
    Response.Write("<script>alert('"+ex+"')</script>");
}

If I use this code, the alert box appears.

try
{
    do some thing
}
catch (Exception ex)
{           
    Response.Write("<script>alert(\"an error occur\")</script>");
}

How can I display the exception variable in an alert box?

I have the following code, but the alert box is not displaying.

try
{
    do something..          
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
    Response.Write("<script>alert('"+ex+"')</script>");
}

If I use this code, the alert box appears.

try
{
    do some thing
}
catch (Exception ex)
{           
    Response.Write("<script>alert(\"an error occur\")</script>");
}

How can I display the exception variable in an alert box?

• c#
• javascript
• asp
• try-catch

6 Answers 6

If you want to show the stacktrace:

Response.Write("<script>alert('"+ Server.HtmlEncode(ex.ToString()) + "')</script>");

or if you want only the message

Response.Write("<script>alert('"+ Server.HtmlEncode(ex.Message) + "')</script>");

Try something like

Response.Write("<script>alert('"+ex.Message+"')</script>"); 

Have a look at the class Exception Class

 Dim message = New JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(rs)
 Dim script = String.Format("alert({0});", message)
 ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Page, Page.GetType(), "", Script, True)

Please check whthr you r using update panel in that page.It may sometimes work if the update panel is there.

You need to be careful and properly escape the Javascript string you are generating ... Imagine there are single quotes in the Exception's message ...

Single-quotes (') need to be escaped (\')

Response.Write("<script>alert('"+ Server.HtmlEncode(ex.Message).Replace("'","\\'" ) + "')</script>");

This solved my problem:

  string jscriptCustInfo = "<script type='text/javascript' language='javascript'>";
  jscriptCustInfo = jscriptCustInfo + "alert('Dividend Posting Done, Batch No: "+lblBatch.Text+"');";

  jscriptCustInfo = jscriptCustInfo + "</script>";
  ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.Page, this.GetType(), "", jscriptCustInfo, false);