Dynamic display of data to div in Struts with ajax

[JavaDev]

I am developing an application in struts framework , where i am trying to display some content to the div tag in jsp when a option is selected in drop down box in a <html:form>

i can do this in jsp using onchange=this.form.submit() but i dont want to use this method as it effects the performance of the page display,

So i want to know is there is any other process to develop it

Can any one tell me how to use ajax for this application

Please provide me the information,

Thanks in advance

[PeejAvery]

Well, AJAX is s true implementation of JavaScript. The JSP will come into play when you output the server-side code. Sometime like the follow should help you out!

<script type="text/javascript">
function chkDropDown(obj, url){
  var xmlHTTP;
  try{xmlHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();}
  catch(e){
    try{xmlHTTP = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");}
    catch(e){
      try{xmlHTTP = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");}
      catch(e){
        alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return false;
      }
    }
  }

  xmlHTTP.open('GET', url, true);
  xmlHTTP.send(null);
  xmlHTTP.onreadystatechange = function(){
    if(xmlHTTP.readyState == 4){
      populateList(obj, xmlHTTP.responseText);
    }
  }
}

function popuplateList(obj, results){
  obj.length = 0;
  var theOptions = results.split(',');
  for(i = 0; i < theOptions.length; i++) {
    obj.options[i] = new Option(theOptions[i], theOptions[i]);
  }
}
</script>

<select name="whatever" onchange="chkDropDown(this, 'path/to/file.jsp')">