function createCookie(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 readCookie(name) {
        var nameEQ = name + "=";
        var ca = document.cookie.split(";");
        for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
                var c = ca[i];
                while (c.charAt(0)==" ") c = c.substring(1,c.length);
                if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
        }
        return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
        createCookie(name,"",-1);
}