var http_request = false;

    function makeRequest(url) {

        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 = alertContents;
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

     function alertContents() {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
                	var  sh = document.getElementById("res");		
									sh.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
                
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
            var  sh = document.getElementById("hmm");		
									sh.innerHTML = '<img src="/allergyfreecook/images/searchingstill.gif">';
        }
          else  {
          	var  sh = document.getElementById("hmm");		
									sh.innerHTML = '<img src="/allergyfreecook/images/searching.gif">';
          }
         

    }
    function saysaysay(url,sdata) {
    	alert(URL +'+'+sdata);
    }