function SetCookie (name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
    ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function getCookieVal (offset) {
  var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
  if (endstr == -1)
    endstr = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function GetCookie (name) {
  var arg = name + "=";
  var alen = arg.length;
  var clen = document.cookie.length;
  var i = 0;
  while (i < clen) {
    var j = i + alen;
    if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
      return getCookieVal (j);
    i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
    if (i == 0) break; 
  }
  return null;
}

function setVotingCookie (id) {
	var expires = new Date();
	expires.setTime (expires.getTime() + (24*60*60*1000*30));        
	
	if (GetCookie('tcVotingQuestion') == id) {
		SetCookie('tcVotingQuestionCount', GetCookie('tcVotingQuestionCount')+1, expires);
	} else {		
		SetCookie('tcVotingQuestion', id, expires);
		SetCookie('tcVotingQuestionCount', "1", expires);
	}
}