error messages

app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb

@@ -42,16 +42,21 @@ class Admin::UsersController < ApplicationController
         user.skip_confirmation!
         person = Person.where("user_id = ?", user.id).first
         person.update_attributes(params[:user][:people])
-        redirect_to admin_conference_registrations_path(@conference.short_title)
+        begin
-        flash[:notice] = "Successfully created new registration for #{person.email}."
-        rescue Exception => e
-          redirect_to(:back, :alert => e.message)
-          return
-      end
           params[:user][:conferences].each do |r|
             registration = person.registrations.new(:conference_id => r)
             registration.save!
           end
+          redirect_to admin_conference_registrations_path(@conference.short_title)
+          flash[:notice] = "Successfully created new registration for #{person.email}."
+          rescue Exception => e
+          redirect_to(:back, :alert => "Did not create registration. #{e.message}")
+          return
+        end
+        rescue Exception => e
+          redirect_to(:back, :alert => "Did not create new user/person. #{e.message}")
+          return
+      end
     else
       redirect_to(:back, :alert => "Please select at least one conference to register.")
     end