// JavaScript Document
 var theDIV; // we will set this to an id that actually exists in the page

  var http_request = false;
  function fromServer()
  {
    if( http_request.readyState==4 )
    {
      if( http_request.status==200 )
      {
// results from call to the server appear here
// in http_request.responseText;
        e = document.getElementById(theDIV);
        e.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
      }
      else
      {
// uncomment next line if you want to show any error messages
        //alert('error: ' + http_request.responseText);
      }
    }
  }

  function makeRequest(url, parameters) 
  {
    http_request = false;
    if( window.XMLHttpRequest ) 
    { 
      // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      if (http_request.overrideMimeType) 
      { http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
      }
    } 
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) 
    { // IE
      try 
      { http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      } 
      catch (e) 
      { try
        { http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
      }
    }
    if (!http_request) 
    {
// uncomment next line if you want to show any error messages
      //alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
      return false;
    }
    http_request.onreadystatechange = fromServer;
    http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
    http_request.send(null);
  }
  
  
  function get(obj) {
      var getstr = "";
      for (i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
		 alert(obj.childNodes[i].nodeName);
         if (obj.childNodes[i].nodeName == "checkbox") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               } else {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
               }
         }
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
            var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
         }
      }
      return getstr;
   }


  

  function listIt(countryId)
  {
    var url = "distributors-lookup.php"
    theDIV='searchResults';
    qry = "?countryId=" + countryId;
    makeRequest(url,qry);
    return false;
  }
  
  function filter(formName)
  {
    var url = "distributors-lookup.php"
    theDIV='searchResults';
    qry = "?countryId=23" + get(document.getElementById('myform'));
	alert(qry);
    makeRequest(url,qry);
    return false;
  }