var http_request = false;
   var dividhold;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, divid) {
      dividhold = divid
      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) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      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);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById(dividhold).innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(actionurl,formid,divid) {
      var form = document.getElementById( formid );
      var elements = form.elements;
      var querystring = "";
      
      for (i=0; i < elements.length; i++) {
          if (elements[i].type == "radio") { 
		if (elements[i].checked) {
            	   var el_name  = elements[i].name;
		   var el_value = elements[i].value;
          	   querystring += el_name + "=" + escape(el_value)  + "&"
		}
          } else {
            var el_name  = elements[i].name;
            var el_value = elements[i].value;
            querystring += el_name + "=" + escape(el_value)  + "&"
          }
          //querystring += el_name + "=" + escape(encodeURI(el_value))  + "&"
    }
      makePOSTRequest(actionurl, querystring, divid);
   }