// $Id: Welcome.js,v 1.4 2008/04/03 16:56:34 julioallen Exp $

function loadBcgbStats() {

	var url = '/page/BCGB_WS/stats';
	var xml = loadXMLDoc(url);
	var stats = xml.getElementsByTagName("stats")[0];
	var last_updated = xml.getElementsByTagName("last_updated")[0];	

	var count = stats.getAttribute('count');
	var gene_name = last_updated.getAttribute('gene_name');
	var gene_link = last_updated.getAttribute('gene_link');
	gene_link = gene_link.replace("http://isb.t1dbase.org", "");
	
    // count
	GetTag('bcgb_count').innerHTML=count;	
	//last updated
	var link = document.getElementById('last_updated')
	link.href=gene_link;
	link.innerHTML=gene_name;
}

var client;

function loadXMLDoc(url) {
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		client = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		try {
			client = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try {
				client = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (E) {
				return;
			}
		}
	} else {
		return;
	}

	client.open("GET", url, false);
	client.send(null);
	//do some error handling with client.status
	if (client.status != 200) {
		alert("status = " + client.status);
	}
	return client.responseXML;
}