- From: Web APIs Issue Tracker <dean+cgi@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:49:52 +0000 (GMT)
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ISSUE-47: responseText is not always accessible when readyState < 3 http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/webapi/issues/47 Raised by: Ian Davis On product: XMLHttpRequest The draft at http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/webapi/XMLHttpRequest/publish/XMLHttpRequest.html?rev=1.6&content-type=text/html;%20charset=iso-8859-1#idl-attr-XMLHttpRequest-responseText states that for responseText "If the readyState attribute has a value other than 3 (Receiving) or 4 (Loaded), it MUST be the empty string." I tested this in IE6/WinXP and an exception is thrown for readyStates 1 and 2: "The data necessary to complete this operation is not yet available." This is thrown when the responseText attribute is accessed. I have tested FF1.5/WinXP also: this doesn't throw an exception. Propose the draft text be changed to "If the readyState attribute has a value other than 3 (Receiving) or 4 (Loaded), the value of responseText is not defined and accessing the attribute may cause an error."
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