var options;

var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

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

function getoptions()
{

var url = "simple/SubscriptionListHandler.php";

if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
  XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", url, true); 

  XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() 
  { 
    if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && 
      XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { 
      
    	var xmlDocument = XMLHttpRequestObject.responseXML;
    	options = xmlDocument.getElementsByTagName("option");
    	listoptions();
    	
    } 
  } 

  XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null); 
 }
}

function listoptions(){

var selectControl = document.getElementById('regionList');
  for(var i=0; i < options.length; i++){
    selectControl.options[i] = new Option(options[i].firstChild.data,options[i].getAttribute("value"));
  }
}   