var i=0; while((item=object(i))!=null) { if (item.value==1) { xmlReq = new XMLHttpRequest(); xmlReq.open("POST", "http://www.abc.com//"+item.name); xmlReq.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8"); xmlReq.onreadystatechange = retrievedData; xmlReq.send("blahblah") } i++; } //1. I have no idea how to handle this retrieveData... //2. The complete loop looks ugly, each time a new XHR opject?