// set global vars
var div;

var handleSuccess = function(o) 
{
	var div = document.getElementById('mainContent');
	div.innerHTML = '';

	if (o.responseText !== undefined) 
	{
       //var jsonTxt = eval('(' + o.responseText + ')');	 
	   div.innerHTML = o.responseText;		
	}
	
}

var handleFailure = function(o) {
	var div = document.getElementById('mainContent');
	div.innerHTML = '';

	if(o.responseText !== undefined)
	{	
		div.innerHTML += "<li>An error occured making your request</li>";
		div.innerHTML += "<li>Server response: " + o.responseText + "</li>";		
	}
}


var makeRequest = function(sUrl)
{
	var div = document.getElementById('mainContent');
	div.innerHTML = '<img src="/common/images/common/wait20.gif" width="20" height="20" id="mAlign"> Loading Data';
	
	var callback =
	{
	  success:handleSuccess,
	  failure:handleFailure
	};
	
	// call yahoo ajax connect object
	YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('GET', sUrl, callback);

}