//<!--
function make_request(url, target_element) 
{
    var httpRequest;

    document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML = "<table class=\"output1\" width=\"100%\">\n";
    document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML += "<tr>\n";
    document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML += "\t<td width=\"100%\" colspan=\"7\" align=\"center\" class=\"cell\">LOADING DATA...</td>\n";
    document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML += "</tr>\n";
    document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML += "</table>\n";
   
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) 
    { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
        httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) 
        {
            httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            // See note below about this line
		}
    } 
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) 
    { // IE
        try 
        {
            httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } 
        catch (e) 
        {
			try 
			{
				httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } 
            catch (e) {}
		}
	}

    if (!httpRequest) 
    {
        //alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
    httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { change_content(httpRequest, target_element); };
    httpRequest.open('GET', url, true);
    httpRequest.send(null);
}

function change_content(httpRequest, target_element) 
{
    if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) 
    {
        if (httpRequest.status == 200) 
        {
            document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
        } 
        else 
        {
            document.getElementById(target_element).innerHTML = 'There was a problem with the request.';
        }
    }
}
//-->