function createRequestObject() {
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }else{
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
}

var http = createRequestObject();

function sndReq(action, type) {
	var url = "selectsection.php";
	var params = "action=" + action + "&type=" + type;

	http.open("POST", url, true);
	
	//Send the proper header information along with the request
	http.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	http.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
	http.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	
	http.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
	http.send(params);
}

function handleResponse() {
    if(http.readyState == 1){
		document.getElementById('sectioncontent').innerHTML = '<div id="sectioncontentabs"><img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" width="24" height="24" alt="ajaxloader" /></div>';		
    } 
    if(http.readyState == 4){
        var response = http.responseText;
			document.getElementById('sectioncontent').innerHTML = response;		
    }
}