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

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

}

function alertContents(httpRequest) {
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
		if (httpRequest.status == 200) {
			//alert(httpRequest.responseText+mydivs);
			
			document.getElementById(mydivs).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
			
		} else {
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		}
	}
}