// *** BUG - DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE ***

var viewPostURL = '/viewpost.cgi';

function getUniqueURL(url)
{ var date = new Date();
  return url + '?t=' + date.getTime();
}

// make the request to the server - also save the current rating and display a spinner
function viewPost(attr)
{ var parameters = new Array();
  for (a in attr)
  { parameters.push(a + '=' + attr[a]);
  }

  /* we create a GET request as the parameters element will be ignored if we create a POST request
   * however, GET requests are cached by IE so we create a unique URL (so it is never cached) by including a timestamp */

  var url = getUniqueURL(viewPostURL);
  var myAjax = new Ajax.Request( url,
                                 { method: 'get',
                                   parameters: parameters.join('&') }
                               );
}