var xmlHttp;

function showRSS()
{
	// alert(" Getting news from SUN...." );
   	// showRSS2( "http://www.sun.com/rss/news-rss.xml" );
}

function showRSS2( str )
{ 
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
 	if (xmlHttp==null)
  	{
  		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
  		return;
	}

 	var url="scripts/getrss.php";
 	url=url+"?q="+str;
 	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("rssOutput").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
  	} 
}

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;
}