var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters,dzone) {
      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 = function() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById(dzone).innerHTML = result; 
			document.body.style.cursor = 'default';
//alert("dave");			
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
	  };
      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;
            document.getElementById('xbasket').innerHTML = result; 
			document.body.style.cursor = 'default';
//alert("dave");			
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
	document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
   var dave1 = "";
      for(i=0; i < obj.elements.length; i++)
	  {
	     dave1 = dave1 + obj.elements[i].name + "=" + obj.elements[i].value + "&";
	  }
      var poststr = dave1;
      makePOSTRequest('basket.php', poststr,'xbasket');
   }
   
   function smsearch(qry) {
      if (qry == "")
	  {
	     document.getElementById('smsearch').innerHTML = "";
	  }
	  else {
         var poststr = "search=" + qry + "&c_id=0&sc_id=0&smsearch=1";
         makePOSTRequest('search.php', poststr,'smsearch'); 
	  }
   }