var cookies = new Object;
extractCookies();

function extractCookies()
{
	var name, value;
	var beginning, middle, end;
	for(name in cookies)
	{
		cookies = new Object;
		break;
	}
	beginning=0;
	while(beginning<document.cookie.length)
	{
		middle=document.cookie.indexOf('=',beginning);
		end=document.cookie.indexOf(';',beginning);
		if(end==-1)
		{
			end=document.cookie.length;
		}
		if((middle>end)||(middle==-1))
		{
			name=document.cookie.substring(beginning,end);
			value="";
		}
		else
		{
			name=document.cookie.substring(beginning,middle);
			value=document.cookie.substring(middle+1,end);
		}
		cookies[name]=unescape(value);
		beginning=end+2;
	}

}