/* //SOURCE
================
http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/xmlHttpRequest_tutorial_1.html
http://www.van-steenbeek.net/?q=explorer_xmlhttprequest
==================
*/

//initialize XMLHttpRequest object
function CrossXHR() {
 var crossxhr = false;
 if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
  crossxhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
  if(crossxhr.overrideMimeType) {
   crossxhr.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
  }
 } else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
  try {
   crossxhr = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
  } catch(e) {
   try {
    crossxhr = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
   } catch(e) {
   }
  }
 }
 if(!crossxhr) {
  return false;
 }
 return crossxhr;
}

//obsolete on TL.de
function handleHttpResponse() {
  if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
    results = xhr.responseText;

    alert(results);
  }
}


var statsurl = "stats.php"; // The server-side script

function updateStats(query) {

  xhr.open("GET", statsurl + '?' + query, true);

  //obsolete on TL.de
  //xhr.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse;

  xhr.send(null);
  
}



var xhr = CrossXHR();