var http_request = false;
var div = "";
var resp = "";
function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, target) {
    //alert("e");
	div = target;
	http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            // http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         return false;
      }
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContentsPost;
	  // syncronous so the requests don't interupt echa other, I know syncronoud == bad...
      http_request.open('POST', url, false);
	  //http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
	  //http_request = false;
	  return resp;
}

function alertContentsPost() {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = result;            
            
         } else {
            //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
}

function makeRequest(url, action) {
        var http_request = false;



        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {
                try {
                    http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                } catch (e) {}
            }
        }

        if (!http_request) {
            //alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request, action); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

}

function alertContents(http_request, action) {

    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
		
			// document.write(http_request.responseText);
			// var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;
			// var root_node = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('root').item(0);
			// alert(root_node.firstChild.data);
        } else {
            //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
        }
	}
}

function get(url, action)	{
	makeRequest(url, action);
}


function post(url, parameter, target)	{
	    document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = "Loading...";
	return makePOSTRequest(url, parameter, target);
}