var http_request = false;
var row = 0;
   function doSearch(artist, album, id) {
    var thealbum = sanitize(album);
    var theartist = sanitize(artist);
    row = id;
    var parameters = "album=" + encodeURI(thealbum) + "&artist=" + encodeURI(theartist);
       if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
           http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
       } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
           http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
       }
       
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContentsArt;
      http_request.open('POST', 'amazon.jsp', true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);

   }

   function alertContentsArt() {
    var thesrc = 'albumart' + row;
       if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
           if (http_request.status == 200) {
               //document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = http_request.responseText; 
               //document.getElementById('myimage').src = http_request.responseText;
               document.getElementById(thesrc).src = http_request.responseText;
           } else {
               //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
           }
       }

   } 
   
function sanitize(s)
{

	s = s.replace(/\[.*?\]/g, "");
        s = s.replace(/\(.*?\)/g, ""); 
	return s;
}   