function ajaxFunction(){
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser broke!");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
	// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
		if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
			var msg_display = document.getElementById("msg_display");
                msg_display.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
		}
	}
	var sponsor = document.getElementById("sponsor").value;
	var email = document.getElementById("email").value;
	var phone = document.getElementById("phone").value;
	var fax = document.getElementById("fax").value;
	var ccnumber = document.getElementById("ccnumber").value;
	var cc_name = document.getElementById("cc_name").value;
	var cc_type = document.getElementById("cc_type").value;
	var expiration_month = document.getElementById("expiration_month").value;
	var expiration_year = document.getElementById("expiration_year").value;
	var firstName = document.getElementById("firstName").value;
	var middleName = document.getElementById("middleName").value;
	var lastName = document.getElementById("lastName").value;
	var suffix = document.getElementById("suffix").value;
	var sex = document.getElementById("sex").value;
	var birth_month = document.getElementById("birth_month").value;
	var birth_day = document.getElementById("birth_day").value;
	var birth_year = document.getElementById("birth_year").value;
	var ssnumber = document.getElementById("ssnumber").value;
	var dlnumber = document.getElementById("dlnumber").value;
	var dlstate = document.getElementById("dlstate").value;
	var postString = "sponsor="+sponsor+"&email="+email+"&phone="+phone+"&fax="+fax+"&ccnumber="+ccnumber+"&cc_name="+cc_name+"&expiration_month="+expiration_month+"&experation_year="+expiration_year+"&firstName="+firstName+"&middleName="+middleName+"&lastName="+lastName+"&suffix="+suffix+"&sex="+sex+"&birth_month="+birth_month+"&birth_year="+birth_year+"&ssnumber="+ssnumber+"&dlnumber="+dlnumber+"&dlstate="+dlstate;
	ajaxRequest.open("POST", "validateApp.php", true);
	ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	ajaxRequest.send(postString); 
}