Edit - Stack Overflow

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Rev

145

For the record it's now possible to do pure AJAX file uploads if the browser supports the File API - developer.mozilla.org/en/using_files_from_web_applications
– meleyal
Commented Mar 25, 2011 at 10:05
this is quite an old answer, but it was a bit misleading.. IE supported XHR natively as far back as IE7, and supported it through ActiveX as far back as IE5. w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_xmlhttprequest_create.asp. The practical way of doing this was certainly targeting flash (shockwave) components, or rolling out a Flash/ActiveX (Silverlight) control. If you can originate a request and handle the response via javascript, it's ajax.. though, having said that, ajax is synonymous with xhr, but it doesn't itself describe the underline mechanism/components that delivers/exchanges the payload.
– Brett Caswell
Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 14:54
5

@BrettCaswell I wasn't saying that AJAX/XHR weren't possible, just that it wasn't possible to post a file up with them on old —but everliving— versions of IE. That was and remains completely true.
– Oli
Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 15:34

Add a comment |

Correct minor typos or mistakes
Clarify meaning without changing it
Add related resources or links
Always respect the author’s intent
Don’t use edits to reply to the author

create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)
<https://example.com>
[example](https://example.com)
<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

formatting help »
answering help »

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow