i just started working with AJAX to add some functionality. This is the code i have so far. The php code just echos text it receives from the database- (last line is echo $bid;) Ive been working with php and have tested it so i know its right. could there be any other issues? Thanks.

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
ajaxmessage = document.getElementById("ajax_message").innerHTML;
currentBid = document.getElementById("current_bid");
currentBidder = document.getElementById("current_bidder");
if (xmlHttp.readyState==3) {
ajaxmessage="Incoming Bid...";
} else if (xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
currentBid.firstChild.nodeValue=xmlHttp.responseText;
}

}
url = window.location.search.substring(1);
limit1 = url.indexOf("id")+3;
limit2 = url.indexOf("&username");
if (limit2 <= limit1) {
limit2=300;
}

url_id=url.substring(limit1-limit2);

xmlHttp.open("GET"-"getbid.php?id="+url_id-true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
ajaxmessage = url_id;
}

body.onclick=ajaxFunction();
<?
header("Cache-Control: no-cache- must-revalidate");
// Date in the past
header("Expires: Mon- 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");

include( functions.php );
mysql_new();

$_GET[id]=$id;

$sql = "SELECT * FROM bids WHERE sale_id = ".id." ";
$query_select = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
//define variables so .= works
$bids = "";
$i = 0;
while ($select_row = mysql_fetch_array($query_select)) {
//get all the bids for it BID must be int
$bid = $select_row[ bid ];
$bidder = $select_row[ bidder ];
$highbidder[$i] = $select_row[ bidder ];
//$id_2 = $select_row[ id ];
$bid_id[$i] = $select_row[ id ];
//bid_num- which will hold the bids
$bids[$i] = $bid;
$i++;
}
//find the highest bid- highbidder- and their id
$highbid = 0;
for ($a = 0; $bids[$a] <= $i ; $a++) {
if ($highbid < $bids[$a]) {
$highbid = $bids[$a];
$hb_id = $bid_id[$a];
$high_bidder = $highbidder[$a];
}
}
$highbid = $response;
echo $response;

?> the php code is pretty simple imo

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I am trying to learn server-side technologies using ajax and i need to find this program on my computer to use ASP.net! Any suggestions? They said its on the windows OS.
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or this one ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55uB9SB_dO0&feature=related

Did they work ..?? need something stronger than ajax .. advice please