function getCookie(name) {
         var cookieString = document.cookie;
         var namePos = cookieString.indexOf(name);
         var nameVal = "";

         if(namePos != -1)
         {
            var start = namePos + name.length + 1;
            var end = cookieString.indexOf(";",start);

            if (end == -1)
            {
              end = cookieString.length;
            }

            nameVal = cookieString.substring(start,end);

         }
         else
         {
            nameVal = "0";
         }

         return nameVal;
}