var PriceReq;

function getPrice(item) { 	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		PriceReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		PriceReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	myRand=parseInt(Math.random()*99999999);  // cache buster
	var url = "/getPrice.jsp?item=" + item + "&rand=" + myRand;  	 
		
  	PriceReq.onreadystatechange = setPrice;
   	// if PriceReq is privatized then use http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { processZipData(PriceReq); };
   	PriceReq.open("GET", url);
   	PriceReq.send(null);
  	
}

function setPrice(){
	if (PriceReq.readyState == 4) {
    	if (PriceReq.status == 200) { // 200=success, 404=not found
    		var data = PriceReq.responseText;    
    		document.getElementById("priceDiv").innerHTML = data; 		
    	} else {		
    	}
    }
}