var star_http_request = false;
   function makePOSTStarRating(id,url, parameters) {
      star_http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         star_http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (star_http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            star_http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            star_http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               star_http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {
            	alert(e);
            }
         }
      }

      if (!star_http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }

      //http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      star_http_request.onreadystatechange = function(){
      if (star_http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (star_http_request.status == 200) {
            var result = star_http_request.responseText;
            var start_tag='<!--inicio-voto-'+id+'-->';
            var end_tag='<!--fin-voto-'+id+'-->';
 			var start=result.indexOf(start_tag)+start_tag.length;
			var end=result.indexOf(end_tag);
            var o_body = result.substring(start,end);
            document.getElementById('votos_'+id).innerHTML = o_body;

         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }

      }
      star_http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      star_http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      star_http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      star_http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      star_http_request.send(parameters);
   }
   function setStarRate(contentLang,id,url_value,rate_value) {
      var textLang="";
      if(contentLang!=""){
        textLang="&lang="+contentLang;
      }
      var poststr = "rate_value=" + rate_value + textLang;
      makePOSTStarRating(id,url_value, poststr);
   }