XMLHttpRequest to read an external file

Question

I want to retrieve the data contained in a text file (from a given URL) through JavaScript (running on the client\'s browser).

So far, I\'ve tried the following appr

Answer 1

IT works using xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); in IE older versions. Chrome, Firefox and all sensible browsers use xhr

Frankly, if you want cross browser compatibility, use jquery

its pretty simple there:

var text="";
$.get(url, function(data){text=data;//Do something more with the data here. data variable contains the response})