function ahah(url,target) {

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(target);};
        req.open("GET", url, true);
        req.send(null);
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (req) {
            req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(target);};
            req.open("GET", url, true);
            req.send();
        }
    }

} 


function ahahDone(target) {
   // only if req is "loaded"
   if (req.readyState == 4) {
       // only if "OK"
       if (req.status == 200 || req.status == 304) {
           results = req.responseText;
           document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = results;
       } else {
           document.getElementById(target).innerHTML="error:\n" +
               req.statusText;
       }

   }
}

function ahah2(url,target,a) {

//alert(target);

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(target);};
        req.open("GET", url, true);
        req.send(null);
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (req) {
            req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(target);};
            req.open("GET", url, true);
            req.send();
        }
    }

}