Implementing linkage display of data in drop-down boxes based on Ajax

<tr>
        <td style="width: 130px">
          所在学院：</td>
        <td style="width: 100px">
          <select id="college" style="width: 200px" runat="server" onchange="changcollege(this.value)">
            <option value="0">
              --请选择所在学院学院--
            </option>
          </select></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 130px">
          所在专业：</td>
        <td style="width: 100px">
          <select id="specialty" style="width: 200px" runat="server" onchange="SaveSpecical(this.value)">
            <option value="0">
              --请选择所在专业--
            </option>
          </select></td>
      </tr>

<script type="text/javascript">
var http_request = false;
function send_request(method,url,content,responseType,callback)//定义发送请求的函数
{
  http_request=false;
  if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
    http_request=new XMLHttpRequest();
    if(http_request.overrideMimeType)
    {
      http_request.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
    }
  }
  else
  {
    try
    {
      http_request=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    }
    catch(e)
    {
      try
      {
        http_request=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      }
      catch(e)
      {}
    }
  }
  if(!http_request)
  {
    window.alert("创建XMLHttpRequest对象失败");
    return false;
  }
  if(responseType.toLowerCase()=="text")
  {
    http_request.onreadystatechange=callback;
  }
  else
  {
    window.alert("ERR");
    return false;
  }
  if(method.toLowerCase()=="get")
  {
    http_request.open(method,url,true);
  }
  else if(method.toLowerCase()=="post")
  {
    http_request.open(method,url,true);
    http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  }
  else
  {
    window.alert("Err");
    return false;
  }
  http_request.send(content);
}
function changcollege(va)//当学院下拉列表发生改变时触发的脚本事件
{
  if(va!=&#39;0&#39;)
  {
    var speciality = document.getElementById("specialty");
    speciality.disabled=false;
    var url="Handler.ashx?type=college&id="+va;
    send_request("GET",url,null,"text",populateClass3);
  }
}
function populateClass3()//Ajax执行成功的回调函数
{
  var f=document.getElementById("specialty");
  if(http_request.readyState==4)
  {
      if(http_request.status==200)
      {
        var list=http_request.responseText;
        var classList=list.split("|");
        f.options.length=1;
        for(var i=0;i<classList.length;i++)
            //将取得的结果添加到下级的列表框中
        {
          var tmp=classList[i].split(",");
          f.add(new Option(tmp[1],tmp[0]));
        }
      }
      else
      {
        alert("您所请求的页面有异常。");
      }
  }
}  
</script>

public class Handler : IHttpHandler 
{
  public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
  {
    string type = context.Request.QueryString["type"];
    if (type.Equals("college"))
    {
      string id = context.Request.QueryString["id"];
      context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
      context.Response.Write(getSpecialty(id));//这个是从数据库中根据传来省的id 查询出来的。学院的名字和主键，主键以便去查专业的名字
    }
  }
  public string getSpecialty(string college)
  {
    DataSet ds = GetInformation.GetSpecialtyInfo(college);
    string str = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count; i++)
    {
      if (i == ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count - 1)
      {
        str += ds.Tables[0].Rows[i]["SpecialtyID"].ToString() + "," + ds.Tables[0].Rows[i]["SpecialtyName"].ToString();
      }
      else
      {
        str += ds.Tables[0].Rows[i]["SpecialtyID"].ToString() + "," + ds.Tables[0].Rows[i]["SpecialtyName"].ToString() + "|";
      }
    }
    return str.Trim();
  }
  public bool IsReusable {
    get {
      return false;
    }
  }
}