if (/msie/i.test (navigator.userAgent)) //only override IE
	{
	  document.nativeGetElementById = document.getElementById;
	  document.getElementById = function(id)
	  {
	    var elem = document.nativeGetElementById(id);
	    if(elem)
	    {
	      //make sure that it is a valid match on id
	      if(elem.attributes['id'].value == id)
	      {
		return elem;
	      }
	      else
	      {
		//otherwise find the correct element
		for(var i=1;i<document.all[id].length;i++)
		{
		  if(document.all[id][i].attributes['id'].value == id)
		  {
		    return document.all[id][i];
		  }
		}
	      }
	    }
	    return null;
	  }
	}
	
function getId(id){
return document.getElementById(id);
}