var xmlHttp;


function GetXmlHttpObject()
{ 
	var objXMLHttp=null;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		objXMLHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	return objXMLHttp;
}


function getSpecials()
{
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
	if (xmlHttp==null) {
		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
		return;
	} 


	var url="../php/specials.php";
	url=url+"?sid="+Math.random();
	url=encodeURI(url);

	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}


function stateChanged() 
{ 
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
	{ 
		document.getElementById("specialsDiv").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
	} 
}