function fetchData(url, dataToSend, objectID) {
	
	var pageRequest = false
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) pageRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) pageRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	
	else return false
	
	pageRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
		
		filterData(pageRequest, objectID);
		
	}
	
	if (dataToSend) {
		
		var sendData = 'sendData=' + dataToSend;
		
		pageRequest.open('POST', url, true);
		pageRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
		pageRequest.send(sendData);
	}
	
	else {
		
		pageRequest.open('GET', url, true);
		pageRequest.send(null);
	}
}

function filterData(pageRequest, objectID) {
	
	var object = document.getElementById(objectID)
	
	if (pageRequest.readyState == 0)
	
		object.innerHTML += '<div id="loading"></div>';
		
	if (pageRequest.readyState == 1)
	
		object.innerHTML += '<div id="loading"></div>';
		
	if (pageRequest.readyState == 2)
	
		object.innerHTML += '<div id="loading"></div>';
		
	if (pageRequest.readyState == 3)
	
		object.innerHTML += '<div id="loading"></div>';
		
	if (pageRequest.readyState == 4) {
		
		if (pageRequest.status == 200) object.innerHTML = pageRequest.responseText;
		
		else if (pageRequest.status == 404) object.innerHTML = 'Sorry, that information is currently not available.';
		
		else object.innerHTML = 'Sorry, we are currently experiencing problems; please try again later.';
		
	}
	
	else return;
}