function ajax(event) {

var keycode = event.keyCode;
var upArrow = 38;
var downArrow = 40;

if(keycode == downArrow || keycode == upArrow)
{
	return;	
}

var httpRequest;
if ( window.XMLHttpRequest ) 
{ // mozilla, safari, opera, chrome, ie7
    httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
} 
else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) 
{ // ie, avant, aol explorer
    try 
	{ 
		httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") 
	} // ie6
    catch (e) 
	{
        try 
		{ 
			httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") 
		} // ie5
        catch(e) 
		{ 
		}
    }
}


	
//get value of queryField from form
var textField = document.bible.query.value;

httpRequest.open("GET", "bookHinter.php?entry="+ textField, true);
httpRequest.onreadystatechange = theCallbackFunction;
httpRequest.send();

//theCallbackFunction method definition
function theCallbackFunction()
{
	if(httpRequest.readyState == 4)
		{
			document.getElementById('hints').innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
		}	//end inner if
} //end function definition

} //ajax function ends