function SetCookie (name, value) 
   {
   var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
   var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
   var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
   //var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
   var path="/";
   var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
   var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
   document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
        ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
        ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
        ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
        ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
   }

function GetCookie(sName)
{
  // cookies are separated by semicolons
  var aCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");
  for (var i=0; i < aCookie.length; i++)
  {
    // a name/value pair (a crumb) is separated by an equal sign
    var aCrumb = aCookie[i].split("=");
    if (sName == aCrumb[0]) 
      return unescape(aCrumb[1]);
  }

  // a cookie with the requested name does not exist
  return null;
}