var request;

function makeRequest(url)
{
	if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
		request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	else if(window.ActiveXObject)
		request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	sendRequest(url);
}

function sendRequest(url)
{
	request.onreadystatechange = onXMLResponse;
	request.open("POST", url, true);
	request.send(null);
}

function checkReadyState(obj, id)
{
	return true;

	switch(obj.readyState)
	{
		case 0:
			return false; break;
		case 1:
			return false; break;
		case 2:
			return false; break;
		case 3:
			return true;
			break;
		default:
			return false;
			break;
	}
}

function onXMLResponse()
{
	if(request.responseText != '')
	{
		document.getElementById('whatsGoingOn').innerHTML = request.responseText;

		//window.alert(request.responseText);
	}
}