   var http_request = false;
	 
   function makeRequest(url, parameters, requestHandler)
   {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
      { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } 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;
      }
			
      http_request.onreadystatechange = requestHandler;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }	 

   function ajaxRequestHandler()
   {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4)
      {
         if (http_request.status == 200)
         {
            result = http_request.responseText;
					
						if (document.getElementById('boxAjax'))
						{
							document.getElementById('boxAjax').innerHTML = result;
						}
         }
         else
         {
						// DEBUG
            //alert('There was a problem with the AJAX request.');
         }
      }
   }

   function getDatiSezione(idSezione) {
	 
      var pageRequest = "AJAXGetDatiSezione.jsp";
      var paramRequest = "?idSezione=" + idSezione;
			paramRequest += "&rnd=" + Math.random();
			
      makeRequest(pageRequest, paramRequest, ajaxRequestHandler);
   }
