var http_request = false;
   function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            // http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
         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;
      }
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('vote_result').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            // alert('There was an error with the request. Please try again.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
      var getstr = "?";
      for (i=0; i< obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "hidden") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               } else {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
               }
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               }
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "image") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].name) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               }
            }
         }   
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
            var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
         }
         
      }
      makeRequest('/rate/rate_post.php', getstr);
   }

 function loadJsFile(filename, filetype)
 {
   var fileref = document.createElement('script')
   fileref.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript')
   fileref.setAttribute('src',  filename)
   if (typeof fileref != 'undefined')
   {
     document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fileref)
   }
 };
 setTimeout("loadJsFile('/rate/rate_show.php', 'js')", 9999);
 setInterval("loadJsFile('/rate/rate_show.php', 'js')", 30000);