var xmlHttp

function showSideNews(str)
{

    var w = document.getElementById("selNewsCategoryID").selectedIndex;
    var selected_text = document.getElementById("selNewsCategoryID").options[w].text;

    var ddlNode = document.getElementById("selNewsCategoryID");
    
    var selectedNewsCategory = ddlNode.selected;
    

	if (str.length==0)
	{ 
		document.getElementById("sideNews").innerHTML= "";
		return;
	}

	document.getElementById("sideNews").innerHTML="<div align=center><img src='/img/ajax-loader.gif' border=0 alt='Loading...'></div>";  
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject2();

	if (xmlHttp==null)
	{
		alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
		return;
	} 
 
	var url="/includes/asp/ajax_news.asp";
	url=url+"?newsCat="+str;
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChangedNews;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
} 

function stateChangedNews() 
{ 
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4)
	{ 
		document.getElementById("sideNews").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
	}
}

function GetXmlHttpObject2()
{
	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;
}