/*
	Downloaded from Captains Universe
	http://www.captain.at/howto-ajax-form-post-request.php
	Thanks for this script
*/

var http_request = false;
function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, element)
{
	$("*").css('cursor', 'wait');
	window.chelement = element;
	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)
	{
		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) {
        //alert(http_request.responseText);
        result = http_request.responseText;
        window.chelement.innerHTML = result;

     }
     $("*").css('cursor', '');
  }

}