function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {

    var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");

    document.cookie = curCookie;
  }

  function getCookie(name) {
    var dc = document.cookie;
    var prefix = name + "=";
    var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);

    if (begin == -1) {
      begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
      if (begin != 0) {
        return 0;
      }
    }
    else {
      begin += 2;
    }

    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
    if (end == -1) {
      end = dc.length;
    }

    return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
  }

  function getEPOQCookie ( CookieName ) {
          var SessionID   = "";

	  if ( !CookieName || CookieName == "undefined" ) CookieName = "DePauli_SID";

          SessionID = getCookie ( CookieName );
          if ( SessionID == 0 || SessionID == "" ) {
                  var dat = new Date ();

                  SessionID = dat.getTime().toString(16) + (Math.random ()*1000000000000000000).toString(16);
                  setCookie ( CookieName, SessionID, null, "/" );
          }
	  return ( SessionID );
  }