var xmlHttp

function showUser(str,fieldname,containername)
{ 
container = containername;
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
if (xmlHttp==null)
{
alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
return
}
var url="../tpl/functions/ajax/getstates.php"
url=url+"?q="+str
url=url+"&fieldname="+fieldname
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
xmlHttp.send(null)

}

function stateChanged() 
{ 

if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
   { 
   
   document.getElementById(container).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;

   } 
   // unset the container var

} 

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
  var xmlHttp=null;
  try
    {
    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
    xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    // Internet Explorer
    try
      {
      xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      }
    catch (e)
      {
      xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      }
    }
  return xmlHttp;
}