function makeRequest(url) {
//	alert(url);
//	$.getJSON(url, function(data){
//		alert("data:"+data);
//	});
	$.getJSON(url, function(data){
//		alert(data);
			receiveData({'db': data});
	});
    }
/*
        var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 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 an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);
    }

    function alertContents(http_request) {


        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
//for each (i in http_request)
//	alert(i);
//alert(http_request.responseText);
            	receiveData(http_request.responseText);
            }
        }

    }
*/