function setCookie(name, value, days) 
{
    if (days) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
        var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
    document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
}

function getCookie(c_name) 
{
    if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
        c_start = document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
        if (c_start != -1) {
            c_start = c_start + c_name.length + 1;
            c_end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", c_start);
            if (c_end == -1) {
                c_end = document.cookie.length;
            }
            return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start, c_end));
        }
    }
    return "";
}

/**
 * Deletes the specified cookie.
 *
 * name      name of the cookie
 * [path]    path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
 * [domain]  domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to create cookie)
 */
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain)
{
    if (getCookie(name))
    {
        document.cookie = name + "=" + 
            ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
            ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
            "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
    }
}