function makeRequest(url, where) {
	
	var http_request = false;
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		}
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {}
		}
	}		

    function doSomething(http_request) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
            	if (where != false) {
	                document.getElementById(where).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
					//alert(http_request.responseText);
				}
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

	}
	
	http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { doSomething(http_request); };
    http_request.open('GET', url, true);
    http_request.send(null);
	
	if (!where) {
		return http_request.responseText;
	}
}