function makeRequest(url, div) {
	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, div); };
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}

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

}