function getRequest(u) {
	var request;
	var results  = "";
	var DoCommit = "Yes";
	var method   = "GET";
	var params   = null;

	if (arguments.length >= 2 && arguments[1].toString().toLowerCase() == "post") {
		method     = "POST";
		if (arguments.length >= 3) {
			params = arguments[2];
		}
	}
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
		request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (request.overrideMimeType) {
			request.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
		}
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { 
		try {
			request      = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try {
				request  = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {
				DoCommit = "No";
			}
		}
	}

	if(DoCommit != "No") {
		request.open(method, u, false);
		if (method == "POST") {
			request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8");
		}
		request.send(params);
		if (request.readyState == 4) {
			results = request.responseText;
			return results;
		} else {
			request.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (request.readyState == 4) {
					if(request.status == 200) {
						results = request.responseText;
						return results;
					} else {
						return results;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	} else {
		return results;
	}
}