function makeRequest(url, target) {
		
		var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 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) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
			
		//alert(target)
		
		http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { Action(http_request, target); };
		
		//getTime per non usare cache
		http_request.open('GET', url+'&z='+new Date().getTime(), true);
		
        //http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

	}

    function Action(http_request, target) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
			
				document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;								
				
			} else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }