AJAX Ajax cross-domain calls

[vitasnik]

I'm trying to write a script that will be loaded from one server into a website on another server. This script is trying to talk (ajax) to the server that it comes from but I'm getting "Access Denied" errors.

I'm well aware that cross-domain calls are not allowed for security reasons so my question is how does Google Analytics work because essentially thats what I'm trying to accomplish.

I can embed a Google Analytics script into my website and it'll gather data and send it back to Google. Wondering how they do it?

Help is much appreciated.

Nik

[rnd me]

just don't use XMLHttpRequest, and you'll be fine; javascript can come from any domain.

[vitasnik]

what should I use instead of XMLHttpRequest?

[rnd me]

Originally Posted by vitasnik

what should I use instead of XMLHttpRequest?

two options:

function ping(paf){
   var i = new Image();
   i.src=paf;
}//end ping


function addScript(u){
   var sc2=document.createElement('script'); sc2.src=u; 
    return  document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(sc2);
}

[vitasnik]

Hahaha, brilliant...and so simple.

Thanks a million!

Much appreciated.

Nik