var http_request = false;
	var requestSpan = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, outSpan) {
      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) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
	if(outSpan == "name"){
      	http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
	} else if (outSpan == "refer") {
        http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents3;
    } else {
        http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents2;
	}
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents(r_test) {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
    function alertContents3(r_test) {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('refer_outcome').innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   function alertContents2(r_test) {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById(requestSpan).innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }

   function get(obj) {
      var poststr =	"dogname=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("dogname").value ) +
			"&doggender=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("doggender").value );
      makePOSTRequest('add_name.php', poststr,'name');
   }

   function get_vote(obj) {
	requestSpan = "span" + obj.v_nid.value;
	var pop_vote = "";
	j=obj.pop.length;
	for (i=0; i<j; i++){
		if(obj.pop[i].checked) pop_vote = obj.pop[i].value
	}
	var gen_vote = "";
	j=obj.gender.length;
	for (i=0; i<j; i++){
		if(obj.gender[i].checked) gen_vote = obj.gender[i].value
	}
      var poststr =	"v_nid=" + encodeURI( obj.v_nid.value ) +
			"&pop=" + encodeURI( pop_vote ) +
			"&breed=" + encodeURI( obj.breed.value ) +
			"&gender=" + encodeURI( gen_vote ) +
			"&unique=" + encodeURI( obj.unique.value );
      makePOSTRequest('vote_submit.php', poststr,'vote');
   }

   function refer_friend(obj) {
       var poststr = "sender_name=" + encodeURI( obj.sender_name.value ) +
                      "&recipient_name=" + encodeURI( obj.recipient_name.value) +
                      "&recipient_address=" + encodeURI( obj.recipient_address.value );
                      if(document.getElementById('sent_ok')){
                          poststr = poststr + "&sent_ok=" + encodeURI( obj.sent_ok.value );
                      }
                      makePOSTRequest('mail_refer.php',poststr,'refer');
   }

   function showbreeds(nid) {
		window.open("get_breeds.php?nid="+nid,'breed','menubar=no,height=350,width=500,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,status=yes');
	}
	
	function closebreeds(bid) {
		opener.location.href = "index.php?breed="+bid;
		window.close();
	}