 //Modified from sample at http://www.ajaxdomainsearch.com
 
 //Original comment:
 //This JavaScript modified from this Tutorial.
 //AJAX Form POST/GET - HTML Form Submit with AJAX/Javascript Example/Tutorial 
 //http://www.captain.at/howto-ajax-form-post-get.php

 var http_request = false;
   function makeWhoisRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (parameters == '')
      	parameters == '?';
      else if (parameters[parameters.length - 1] != '&')
      	parameters += '&';
      parameters += 'uniqeness=' + (new Date()).valueOf();
      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 = alertContents;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
	  document.getElementById('domResult').innerHTML = '<img src="images/loading.gif" alt="Loading" title="Loading" />';
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {  
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('domResult').innerHTML = result; 

         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
      var getstr = "?";
      for (i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }

         }   
       
      }
      makeWhoisRequest('whois.php', getstr);
   }
