function makeRequest(url,spanID) { // var sp = spanID // alert("d"); var http_request = false; if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ... http_request = new XMLHttpRequest(); if (http_request.overrideMimeType) { http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml'); // See note below about this line } } 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance'); return false; } http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request,spanID); }; // alert(url); //url = 'gethint2.asp' + url; http_request.open('GET', url, true); http_request.send(null); } function alertContents(http_request,spanID) { if (http_request.readyState == 4) { if (http_request.status == 200) { document.getElementById(spanID).innerHTML = http_request.responseText; } else { //alert('There was a problem with the request.'); document.getElementById(spanID).innerHTML = 'there was a problem, Please try again'; } } }