// JavaScript Document
var xmlHttp;
var xmlHttp2;
var errorMessageSpan = "theErrorMessage";
var labelSpan	= "";



function ajax_getNewsRotation(lastID,lastPubDate){


if(lastID != ""){
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
//alert("ajax_getNewsRotation");
var url="includes/ajax_getNewsRotation.cfm?lastID="+lastID+"&lastPubDate="+  lastPubDate;
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=updateNews;
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
} // end if zip not empty
} 
function updateNews() { 
var theResponse = xmlHttp.responseText;
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4){ 
	//alert(theResponse);
	document.getElementById('newsBlock').innerHTML=theResponse;
	//alert("ajax response handler\n lastID:" + document.getElementById('lastID').value +"\nlastPubDate:"+ document.getElementById('lastPubDate').value);
	lastID= document.getElementById('lastID').value;
	lastPubDate = document.getElementById('lastPubDate').value;
}
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
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;
}