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I would like to catch the error and show the appropriate message if the Ajax request fails.

My code is like the following, but I could not manage to catch the failing Ajax request.

function getAjaxData(id)

{

$.post("status.ajax.php", {deviceId : id}, function(data){

var tab1;

if (data.length>0) {

tab1 = data;

}

else {

tab1 = "Error in Ajax";

}

return tab1;

});

}

I found out that, "Error in Ajax" is never executed when the Ajax request failed.

How do I handle the Ajax error and show the appropriate message if it fails?