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);
}


function isNull(val) {return (val == null);}




function Left(str, n)
{
   if (n <= 0)
         return "";
   else if (n > String(str).length)
         return str;
   else
         return String(str).substring(0,n);
}

function Right(str, n)
{
      if (n <= 0)
          return "";
      else if (n > String(str).length)
          return str;
      else
   {
          var iLen = String(str).length;
          return String(str).substring(iLen, iLen - n);
      }
}