function jah(url,target) {
	// native XMLHttpRequest object
	document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 'requesting...';
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		req = new XMLHttpRequest();
		req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
		req.open("GET", url, true);
		req.send(null);
	// IE/Windows ActiveX version
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		if (req) {
			req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
			req.open("GET", url, true);
			req.send();
		}
	}
}
function jahDone(target) {
    // only if req is "loaded"
    if (req.readyState == 4) {
        // only if "OK"
        if (req.status == 200) {
            results = req.responseText;
			document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = '';
            document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = results;
			document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = ' ';
        } else {
            document.getElementById(target).innerHTML="jah error: " +
                req.statusText;
			document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = "jah error";
        }
    }
}