var http_request = false;
function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
   http_request = false;
   if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
      	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
         //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
         http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
      }
   } 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('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
      return false;
   }
   http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
   http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
   http_request.send(null);
}

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

function get(theForm) {
   var getstr = "?";
var amp = "&"; 
for(i=0; i<theForm.elements.length; i++){ 
	if(theForm.elements[i].type == "text" || theForm.elements[i].type == "textarea" || theForm.elements[i].type == "hidden"){ 
		getstr += amp+theForm.elements[i].name+"="+encodeURIComponent(theForm.elements[i].value);
	} else if (theForm.elements[i].type == "checkbox") { 
		if(theForm.elements[i].checked==true){getstr += amp+theForm.elements[i].name+"="+theForm.elements[i].value;}
	} else if (theForm.elements[i].type == "select-one") { 
		sel=theForm.elements[i]; if (sel.selectedIndex > 0) {getstr += amp+sel.name+"="+sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value; }
	} 
	amp = "&"; 
} 
   makeRequest('ajax.html', getstr);
}