public ActionResult ChangePassword(ChangePasswordModel model) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { // ChangePassword will throw an exception rather // than return false in certain failure scenarios. bool changePasswordSucceeded; try { changePasswordSucceeded = SimSoDepRepository.ChangePassword(Username, model.OldPassword, model.NewPassword); } catch (Exception) { changePasswordSucceeded = false; } if (changePasswordSucceeded) { return(RedirectToAction("ChangePasswordSuccess")); } else { ModelState.AddModelError("", "The current password is incorrect or the new password is invalid."); } } // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form return(View(model)); }