Get error details from ASMX web service FaultException in WCF

gistfile1.cs

public static string GetErrorMessage(FaultException faultException)
{
	string errorMessage;
	MessageFault messageFault = faultException.CreateMessageFault();

	if (messageFault.HasDetail)
	{
		var xElement = messageFault.GetDetail<XmlElement>();

		string code = GetXmlNodeText(xElement, "/code");
		string description = GetXmlNodeText(xElement, "/description");

		errorMessage = string.Format("Error message: {0}, Code: {1}, Description: {2}",
						faultException.Message, code, description);
	}
	else
		errorMessage = faultException.Message;
	
	return errorMessage;
}

private static string GetXmlNodeText(XmlNode xElement, string xpath)
{
	XmlNode node = xElement.SelectSingleNode(xpath);
	return node != null ? node.InnerText : null;
}