X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/cec09589e50ced6d0b7a0d90d5ca124241d4a58a..e824ef364a6efd3c02bce159973f4098d794865c:/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/editable.js

diff --git a/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/editable.js b/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/editable.js
index ab66833c28..76a129b2bf 100644
--- a/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/editable.js
+++ b/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/editable.js
@@ -58,7 +58,16 @@ $(document).
                     return;
                 },
                 error: function(response, newValue) {
-                    return response.responseJSON.errors.join();
+                    var errlist = response.responseJSON.errors;
+                    var errmsg;
+                    if (Array.isArray(errlist)) {
+                        errmsg = errlist.join();
+                    } else {
+                        errmsg = ("The server returned an error when making " +
+                                  "this update (status " + response.status +
+                                  ": " + errlist + ").");
+                    }
+                    return errmsg;
                 }
             }).
             on('hidden', function(e, reason) {