Yes, but ONLY* if the two URLs share a common host (and protocol). Google 'Same 
Origin Policy' for more gory details.

Walter

* Absent some other trust framework with "allowed" endpoints.

On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:25 AM, David Behler wrote:

> From the top of my head and totally untested:
> 
> new Ajax.Request('http://url-you-want-to-request', {
>     onSuccess: function(transport) {
>         $('id-of-your-textarea').setValue(transport.responseText);
>     }
> });
> 
> David
> 
> Am 22.11.2011 14:19, schrieb bill:
>> I tried using a textarea as the container for Ajax.updater without luck.
>> I presume I need to write the js to take the response and put it in the 
>> textarea, but the API just doesn't give me enough detail to use Ajax.request 
>> to do that.
>> 
>> The returned data is plain text.
>> 
>> A bit of assistance would be appreciated.
>>  
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>> william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
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