function ajaxFunction(){
        var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
        try{
                // Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
                ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
        } catch (e){
                // Internet Explorer Browsers
                try{
                        ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } catch (e) {
                        try{
                                ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        } catch (e){
                                // Something went wrong
                                alert("Your browser broke!");
                                return false;
                        }
                }
        }

        // Do delegate search
        if (arguments[0] == null) {
                ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
                        if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
                                var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('delegates');
                                ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
                        }
                }

                var term = document.getElementById('term').value;
                var type = document.getElementById('type').value;
                var queryString = "?term=" + term + "&type=" + type;
                ajaxRequest.open("GET", "search.php" + queryString, true);
                ajaxRequest.send(null); 

        // Lookup delegate details
        } else {
                ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
                        if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
                                var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('details');
                                ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
                        }
                }

                ajaxRequest.open("GET", "details.php?id=" + arguments[0]);
                ajaxRequest.send(null); 
                //alert("works: " + arguments[0]);
        }
}