/*function getCities() {
	var state =  document.getElementById('state').value;
	if (state) {
	var xmlHttpReq = false;
    var self = this;
    // Mozilla/Safari
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    // IE
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.open('POST',"getcities.php",true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 1) {
			updatepage("fetching cities...");
        }
		if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
			updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText);
        }
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.send('data='+state);
 }
 else {
	document.getElementById('output').style.display='none';
 } 
}

function updatepage(str){
	//alert (str);
    document.getElementById('output').innerHTML='City <br />'+str;
	document.getElementById('output1').style.display='none';
}	
*/