function getCookie(name) {
        var result = "";
        var myCookie = " " + document.cookie + ";";
        var searchName = " " + name + "=";
        var startOfCookie = myCookie.indexOf(searchName);
        var endOfCookie;
        if (startOfCookie != -1) {
                startOfCookie += searchName.length;
                endOfCookie = myCookie.indexOf(";", startOfCookie);
                result = unescape(myCookie.substring(startOfCookie, endOfCookie));   
        }
        return result;
}
function setCookie(name,value,path,expiry) {
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
		((expiry) ? "; expiry=" + expiry : "") +
		((path) ? "; path=" + path : "");
}