// JavaScript Document
function clearText(x)
{
	var MyElement = document.getElementById(x);
	
	MyElement.value = "";
}

function clickedLink(articleId)
{
	var httpRequest;
	var url = 'http://www.troop48berlin.org/insert.php';
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // Mozilla, Safari, ...
	{
    	httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	
        if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) 
		{
        	httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            // See note below about this line
        }
    } 
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) // IE
	{ 
    	try
		{
        	httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } 
        catch (e)
		{
        	try
			{
            	httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } 
            catch (e)
			{
			}
        }
    }

    if (!httpRequest)
	{
    	alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
	
	httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest); };
    httpRequest.open('POST', 'http://www.troop48berlin.org/insert.php' , false);
	httpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    httpRequest.send('article=' + articleId);
}

function alertContents(httpRequest)
{
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4)
	{
    	if (httpRequest.status == 200)
		{
        	//alert(httpRequest.responseText);
        }
		else
		{
        	alert('There was a problem with the request.');
        }
    }

}