var xmlHttp144

function showCategories(str)
{ 
	//alert(str)
	xmlHttp144=GetXmlHttpObject144()
	if (xmlHttp144==null)
 	{
 		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
 		return
 	}
	var url="/getCategories.php"
	url=url+"?filter="+str
	url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
	xmlHttp144.onreadystatechange=stateChanged144
	xmlHttp144.open("GET",url,true)
	xmlHttp144.send(null)
	document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML="<img src='/images/ajax-loaderdescriere.gif'/>"
}
function stateChanged144() 
{ 
	if (xmlHttp144.readyState==0)
	{
		document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML="<img src='/images/ajax-loaderdescriere.gif'/>"
	}
	else if (xmlHttp144.readyState==1)
	{
		document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML="<img src='/images/ajax-loaderdescriere.gif'/>"
	}
	else if (xmlHttp144.readyState==2)
	{
		document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML="<img src='/images/ajax-loaderdescriere.gif'/>"
	}
	else if (xmlHttp144.readyState==3)
	{
		document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML="<img src='/images/ajax-loaderdescriere.gif'/>"
	}
	else if (xmlHttp144.readyState==4 || xmlHttp144.readyState=="complete")
	{ 
 		document.getElementById("categories").innerHTML=xmlHttp144.responseText	
 	} 
}
function GetXmlHttpObject144()
{
	var xmlHttp144=null;
	try
 	{
 		// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 		xmlHttp144=new XMLHttpRequest();
 	}
	catch (e)
 	{
 		//Internet Explorer
 		try
  		{
  			xmlHttp144=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  		}
 		catch (e)
  		{
  			xmlHttp144=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  		}
	}

	return xmlHttp144;
}