var div = null;



var handleSuccess = function(o){

                        if(o.responseText !== undefined){

                            div.innerHTML = o.responseText;

                        }

                    };



var handleFailure = function(o){

                        if(o.responseText !== undefined){

                            div.innerHTML = "<li>Transaction id: " + o.tId + "</li>";

                            div.innerHTML += "<li>HTTP status: " + o.status + "</li>";

                            div.innerHTML += "<li>Status code message: " + o.statusText + "</li>";

                        }

                    };

                    

var transactionObject = { 

    start:function(type, args){ 

        div.innerHTML = "<img src=\"./img/loading.gif\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" alt=\"Loading\"/>"; 

    }

}



var callback =

{

  success:handleSuccess,

  failure:handleFailure,

  customevents:{ 

    onStart:transactionObject.start

  },

  argument:['foo','bar']

};







function makeRequest(url,data,target){

    div=document.getElementById(target);

    var request = YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('POST', url, callback, data);

}