<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

    var http_request = false;

    function makeRequest_casa(url,getvar,funzione) {

        http_request = false;
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = funzione;
        http_request.open('POST', url, true);
	http_request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        http_request.send(getvar);

    }

    function alertContents_casa() {
		original_content = document.getElementById("result_casa").innerHTML; // NewLine!
        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
                //alert(http_request.responseText);
		document.getElementById("result_casa").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		
            }
        }else{
		//document.getElementById("result_casa").innerHTML ="loading";
		document.getElementById("result_casa").innerHTML = original_content; // Altered line to not show 'nothing'

	}

    }
</script>


