var httpAjax = false; 

    function doTheThing (url) { 
        httpAjax = false; 
        handler = false; 
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
            httpAjax = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
            if (httpAjax.overrideMimeType) { 
                httpAjax.overrideMimeType('text/xml'); 
            } 
        } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { 
            try { 
                httpAjax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); 
            } catch (e) { 
                try { 
                    httpAjax = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); 
                } catch (e) { 
                    alert("Couldnīt build an AJAX instance."); 
                    return false; 
                } 
            } 
        } 
        try { 
            httpAjax.onreadystatechange = getPage; 
        } catch (e) { 
            alert("onreadystatechange didnīt go well!"); 
            return false; 
        } 
        try { 
            httpAjax.open('GET', url, true); 
        } catch (e) { 
            alert("Couldnīt open url."); 
            return false; 
        } 
        try { 
            httpAjax.send(null); 
        } catch (e) { 
            alert("Couldnīt send request."); 
            return false; 
        } 
            return true; 
						
		
    } 

    function getPage () { 
		//alert(httpAjax.readyState);
			
        if(httpAjax.readyState==4){ 
						 document.getElementById("counterSpan").innerHTML = httpAjax.responseText;
						
						 
            return true; 
        } else { 
           //document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = httpAjax.responseText;
					 
        } 


										
										
    }