function makeRequest(url,targetdiv) 
{
	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,targetdiv);
	};
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);

}

function alertContents(http_request,targetdiv) 
{

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