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I am building an HTML page that will reside on the hard drive of my office computer. It will have access to the internet, but it will not be hosted on a web server. I would like to have the pages load and read txt or csv files into a JavaScript...

I am building an HTML page that will reside on the hard drive of my office computer. It will have access to the internet, but it will not be hosted on a web server. I would like to have the pages load and read txt or csv files into a JavaScript variable so I can then manipulate the information. I have been reading a little bit about Ajax, and it seems that it would work; however, I would like to know if Ajax would work on local requests, meaning an Ajax request that will not go over a server or network, only straight to the hard drive to retrieve a file. I am thinking about purchasing the O'Rilley Ajax: The Definitive Guide, but I would like to get some feed back form experience users before I try it. Thanks in advance for your help.