var http_request = false;
function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
	http_request = false;
	if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if(http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
		}
	} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
		try {
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {}
		}
	}
	url += parameters
	http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}

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

function get(obj) {
	var getstr = "?";	
	for(i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
		if(obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
			if(obj.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
			getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
			}
			if(obj.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
				if(obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
					getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
				} else {
					getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
				}
			}
			if(obj.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
				if(obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
				getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
				}
			}
		}
		if(obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
			var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
			getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
		}
	}
	getstr += "&null" + new Date().getTime() + "&";
	makeRequest('rambo.cgi', getstr);
	document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = '<img alt="Loading..." id="loading" src="ajax-loader.gif">';
}