var xmlHttp

function showRSS(str)
 {
 xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject_RSS()
 if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
  return
  }
 var url="http://"+location.host+"/includes/getrss2.php"
 url=url+"?q="+str
 url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
 xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged_RSS 
 xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
 xmlHttp.send(null)
 }

function stateChanged_RSS() 
 { 
 if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
  { 
  document.getElementById("rssOutput").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 
  } 
 }

function GetXmlHttpObject_RSS()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 // Internet Explorer
 try
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}