function cancelBooking()
      {

	if(document.getElementById("booking_id").value)
		{
		var booking_id = document.getElementById("booking_id").value; 


			if (booking_id==null){
				alert("A booking reference must be supplied.\nPlease try again.\n\nThank You!")
				return false
			}
			
		}
	else
		{
		
				alert("A booking reference must be supplied.\nPlease try again.\n\nThank You!")
				return false
		}


		var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		  XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		  XMLHttpRequestObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		}

		if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
		    var now = new Date();
		    var obj = document.getElementById("content");
		    XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", "http://www.lidl-breaks.ie/cancel_booking.cgi?submit=CancelBooking&booking_id=" + booking_id + "&time=" + now.getTime());


		  XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() 
		  { 
		  
		    if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 1)
		    	{
			  obj.innerHTML = '<h2>Connecting to Server</h2><br/><div align="center"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="img/load.gif" alt="Loading" width="80" height="80" align="middle" /></p></div>';
		    	}
		  
		  
		    if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && 
		      XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { 
		      obj.innerHTML = XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText;
		    } 
		  } 

		  XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null); 
		}
	}