var cmtHtml = ""; //holds the comments block
var news_text_id = 0; //holds the news_text_id
var obj;

//Response handler for http request object
function showComments(retVal)
{
	cmtHtml = retVal;
	document.getElementById("reader_comments").innerHTML = cmtHtml;
}

//Hide the comments
function hideComments()
{
	if(document.getElementById("reader_comments").innerHTML != '')
	{
		cmtHtml1 = document.getElementById("reader_comments").innerHTML;
		document.getElementById("reader_comments").innerHTML = '';
		document.getElementById("cmtPostBlk2").innerHTML = '';
		document.getElementById("show_hide").innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:hideComments()" class="lnk">' + show_comment + '</a>';
	}
	else
	{
		document.getElementById("reader_comments").innerHTML = cmtHtml1;
		document.getElementById("show_hide").innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:hideComments()" class="lnk">' + hide_comment + '</a>';
		document.getElementById("cmtPostBlk2").innerHTML = '<p align="center" class="grn1b"><img src="/img/comment.gif" width="20" height="20" align="top" alt="Comment" /> <a href="#bm_post_cmt_blk" onclick="showCommentForm()" class="lnk">Post Question/Ask Question</a></p>';
	}
}

function changeImage(id, opt)
{
	for(var i = 1; i <= id; i++)
		document.getElementById("pig_" + i).src = (opt == 0)? pig.src : pig_o.src;
}
//Post the News rating
function postRating(rank)
{
	var ajax = new AJAX();
	var arrParam = new Array();
	arrParam['rank'] = rank;
	arrParam['type'] = 'news';
	arrParam['text_id'] = news_text_id;

	ajax.getRequest('post_rank.php', arrParam, showResponse);
}
//Response handler for http request object
function showResponse(retVal)
{
	//alert(retVal);
	document.getElementById('rank').innerHTML = retVal;
}

function makePoll(poll_id, article_id)
{
	var id = 0;
	var count = 0;
	for(var i = 0; i <= obj1.poll_option.length - 1; i++)
	{
		count = count + 1;
		if(obj1.poll_option[i].checked)
		{
			id = obj1.poll_option[count-1].value;
			break;
		}
	}
	var ajax = new AJAX();
	var arrParam = new Array();
	arrParam['poll_id'] = poll_id;
	arrParam['option_id'] = id;
	arrParam['article_id'] = article_id;

	ajax.getRequest('make_poll.php', arrParam, showResult);
}

//Response handler for AJAX
function showResult(retVal)
{
	//alert(retVal);
	$arr_temp = retVal.split("###");
	setCookie('cookie_polled', $arr_temp[0], 3, "/")
	document.getElementById("poll_result").innerHTML = $arr_temp[1];
}