var xmlHttp; function getSizes(style) { var url = "/cgi-bin/pandora/build/getbraceletsizes?" + createSizeQueryString(style); //alert(url); createXMLHttpRequest(); xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = getSizesHandleStateChange; xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true); xmlHttp.send(null); } function createSizeQueryString(style) { style = escape(style); var style = "style=" + style; //alert('search string created') //alert(itemlist); return style; } function getSizesHandleStateChange() { if(xmlHttp.readyState == 3) { document.getElementById("braceletsizes").innerHTML = "Updating..."; } if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4) { if(xmlHttp.status == 200) { document.getElementById("braceletsizes").innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText; } else { alert("Unable to get bracelet sizes"); } } }