function updateRating(request) {
                        /* alert(request.responseText);  // DEBUGGING */
                        var resp_arr = request.responseText.split("||");
                        if (resp_arr[0] == 'ERR') {
                                alert(resp_arr[1]);
                        }

                        if (resp_arr[0] == 'OK') {
                                var type = resp_arr[1];
                                var id = resp_arr[2];
                                var r = parseInt(resp_arr[3]);
                                var b = 1;
                                var total = parseInt(resp_arr[4]) - r;
                                var count = parseInt(resp_arr[5]) -1;
                                var a = 0;
                //                var theUL = document.getElementById('rater_ul'+type+id); // the UL
                //                if (theUL) { theUL.innerHTML = '<li id="rater_li'+type+id+'" class="current-rating" style="width:0px"></div>'; }
                                updatePage(type,id,r,b,total,count,a);
                        }
}

                function pushRating(type,id,r,b,total,count,a) {
                        updatePage(type,id,r,b,total,count,a);
                //        var theUL = document.getElementById('rater_ul'+type+id); // the UL
                //        if (theUL) { theUL.innerHTML = '<div class="loading"></div>'; }
                              new ajax('/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/AjaxRating/mt-vote.cgi', {postBody: 'obj_type='+type+'&r='+r+'&obj_id='+id+'&blog_id='+b+'&a='+a, onComplete: updateRating});
                }

function updatePage (type,id,r,b,total,count,a) {
                        var avg = Math.round(((total + r)/(count + 1))*10)/10;
                        var new_width =  Math.round(avg / 5 * 150);
                        var span_avg = document.getElementById("ajaxrating_" + type + "_" + id + "_avg");
                        if (span_avg) {span_avg.innerHTML = avg; }
                        var span_ttl = document.getElementById("ajaxrating_" + type + "_" + id + "_ttl");
                        if (span_ttl) {span_ttl.innerHTML =  total + r; }
                        var span_cnt = document.getElementById("ajaxrating_" + type + "_" + id + "_cnt");
                        if (span_cnt) {span_cnt.innerHTML =  count + 1; }
                        var rater_li = document.getElementById("rater_li" + type +  id);
                        if (rater_li) {rater_li.style.width =  new_width.toString() + "px"; }
                        var thumb = document.getElementById("thumb" + type +  id);
                        if (thumb) {thumb.innerHTML =  ""; }
                        var thanks = document.getElementById("thanks" + type +  id);
                        if (thanks) {thanks.innerHTML =  "Thanks for voting!"; }
}