function rateIt(theID,parentID){
             	
// Create the XMLHttpRequest Object

var rate = null;

try{
	rate = new XMLHttpRequest();
}

catch (ms){
	try{
		rate = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	} 

catch (nonms){
	try{
		rate = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} 

catch (failed){
	rate = null;
	}
}  

}

if (rate == null)
	alert("Error creating request object!");
                  
rate.open("POST", "../classes/ratings-writer.php", true);	// Transport the values via POST to PHP-File asynchronously
  			
rate.setRequestHeader("Content-Type",
	"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        
  	var articleID =  parentID.replace(/\D/g,'');
	var reader_rating = document.getElementById(theID).innerHTML;
	var id_and_rating = "id_and_rating=" + articleID + "|" + reader_rating;
		rate.send(id_and_rating);

document.getElementById("rating_confirm" + articleID).innerHTML = "Danke für die Bewertung!";

}