function SendRequest(root_url, art_id, container) {

new Ajax.Request(root_url+'relbigstars.php?art_id='+art_id+'&container='+container,
  {
    method:'get',
    onSuccess: function(transport){
      var response = transport.responseText || "no response text";
     $(container).update(response);
    },
    onFailure: function(){ alert('Something went wrong...') }
  });
 
}  
 
function vote_fnc(root_url, conf, val, art_id, container)
{

if(conf == true)

getData(root_url+'rating.php?art_id='+art_id+'&rating='+val, ''+container+'');
else
{

SendRequest(root_url, art_id, container);

}

}