/*
*
*/
function getCookie (name) { 
   var arg = name + "="; 
   var alen = arg.length; 
   var clen = document.cookie.length; 
   var i = 0; 
   while (i < clen) { 
      var j = i + alen; 
      if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) {
         return getCookieVal (j); 
      }
      i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1; 
      if (i == 0) break; 
   } 
   return null;
}

/*
*
*/
function getCookieVal (offset) { 
   var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset); 
   if (endstr == -1) {
      endstr = document.cookie.length; 
   }
   return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

/*
*
*/
function setCookie (name,value){

   document.cookie=name+"="+value+"; path=/";

}

/*
*
*/
function setPrivateCookie (name,value){

   document.cookie=name+"="+value+";";

}

/*
*
*/

function showCookies(){
   javascript:alert(document.cookie)
}