People-search.js

var http_request = false;

function searchExtended() { document.getElementById("alphaTable").style.display='none'; if(document.getElementById("extendedPeopleSearchTerm").value==) document.getElementById("alphaTable").style.display='inline';

var poststr = "peopleSearchTerm=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById('extendedPeopleSearchTerm').value ); makePOSTRequest('/people/people_search.php?extended', poststr, false );

}

function search() { var poststr = "peopleSearchTerm=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById('shortPeopleSearchTerm').value ); makePOSTRequest('/people/people_search.php', poststr, true); }

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, short) {

// Mozilla, Safari

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
     http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
     if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
        http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
     }

// IE

  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
     try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
     } catch (e) {
        try {
           http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
     }
  }

  if (!http_request) {
     alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP request');
     return false;
  }
  

if(short)

  	http_request.onreadystatechange = updatePageShort

else http_request.onreadystatechange = updatePageExtended

  http_request.open('POST', url, true);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
  http_request.send(parameters);

}

function updatePageShort() {

   if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
       if (http_request.status == 200) {

var results = document.getElementById( "shortSearchResults" ); results.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;

       }
   }

}

function updatePageExtended() {

   if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
       if (http_request.status == 200) {

var results = document.getElementById( "extendedSearchResults" ); results.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;

       }
   }

}