function makeRequest(div,url) 
{
	var http_request = false;
	d = document.getElementById(div);
	   
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{ // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) 
		{
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		}
	}
	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(div,http_request); };
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}

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

}