var xmlBrand;
    
    function getGlobalBrandList(){

        var url = './xml/xml_brand_list.jsp';

        if( window.XMLHttpRequest) xmlBrand = new XMLHttpRequest();
        else if( window.ActiveXObject) xmlBrand = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
              
        // xmlBrand = GetXmlHttpObject();
        xmlBrand.open( 'GET', url, false);
        xmlBrand.onreadystatechange = setGlobalBrandList;
        xmlBrand.send( null);


    }
    
    function setGlobalBrandList(){

        var i, j;
        var total;
        var serialno, name;
        
        if( xmlBrand.readyState == 4 && xmlBrand.status == 200){ 
            
            total = parseInt( xmlBrand.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('total')[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
            
            if( total > 0){
                
                for( i = 0; i < total; i ++){

                    serialno = xmlBrand.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('serialno')[i].firstChild.nodeValue;
                    name = xmlBrand.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('name')[i].firstChild.nodeValue;

                    j = i + 1;

                    brands[j] = new Array();
                    brands[j][0] = serialno;
                    brands[j][1] = name;

                }
               
            }

            setSeekBrandList();
            setCompareBrandList();

        }

    }