/*Takes a httprequest object and returns the xml in a string*/
function getXmlString(req) {
	if(req.responseXML.xml) { // ie
		return req.responseXML.xml;
	} else { // firefox
		var s = new XMLSerializer();
		var d = req.responseXML.documentElement;
		return s.serializeToString(d);
	}
}

/*Takes a httprequest object and returns the xml in a string*/
function getNodeInnerXml(node) {
	if(node.xml) { // ie
		return node.xml;
	} else { // firefox
		var s = new XMLSerializer();
		/*var d = node.documentElement;
		return s.serializeToString(d);*/
		return s.serializeToString(node)
	}
}