function sendRequest(names, values, url, _search) {
	var httpRequest;

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
			//httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			// See note below about this line
		}
	}
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} 
			catch (e) {
					   try {
							httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
						   } 
						 catch (e) {}
					  }
								   }

	if (!httpRequest) {
		alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	
	var request = new String();
	
	for(i=0; i < names.length; i++) {
		request += names[i] + "=" + values[i] + "&";
	}
	
	if(values[0] == '') {
		document.getElementById('quicksearch').style.display = 'none';
		return;
	}
	
	else if(_search) {
		httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest); };
	}		
			
	httpRequest.open('POST', url, true);
	httpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
	httpRequest.send(request); // usuall just 'request' but..
	//showLoading();
}




function alertContents(httpRequest) {

	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
		if (httpRequest.status == 200) {			
			window.response = httpRequest.responseText;
			document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
			document.getElementById('quicksearch').style.display = '';
			
		// If NOT SENT -- 
		} else {
			//hideLoading();
		}
	}

}

function showLoading() {
	document.getElementById('loadingImage').style.display ='';	
}
function hideLoading() {
	document.getElementById('loadingImage').style.display ='none';		
}


function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}