function getshows(offset,userID,showID)
	{
		var agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
        var is_ie = (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1);
        var is_ie5 = (agt.indexOf('msie 5') != -1);

			function handle_do_search()
			{
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4)//request completed
				{
					if (xmlhttp.status == 200)//request successful
					{
						element = document.getElementById ('shows');
						element.innerHTML = '' +xmlhttp.responseText + ''; 
					}
					else
					{
						alert ('request failed: '+xmlhttp.status);
					}
				}
			}
			
			var xmlhttp = null;
			
			if (is_ie)
			{
				var control = (is_ie5) ? "Microsoft.XMLHTTP" : "Msxml2.XMLHTTP";
				try
				{
					xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject(control);
					xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = handle_do_search;
				} 
				catch(e)
				{
					alert("You need to enable active scripting and activeX controls");
				}
			}
			else
			
			{
				xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
				xmlhttp.onload = handle_do_search;
				xmlhttp.onerror = handle_do_search;
			}
			
			//alert('http://www.fussball.ch/video/ajax_shows.asp?offset='+offset+'&uID='+userID+'&sID='+showID);
			
			xmlhttp.open('GET', "http://www.fussball.ch/video/ajax_shows.asp?offset="+offset+"&uID="+userID+"&sID="+showID, true);
			xmlhttp.send(null);
	}