var urlParams = new Object();

/*  Creates an associative array called urlParams with each param name containing its value
*/
function getURLParameters() 
{
	var sURL = window.document.URL.toString();
	
	if (sURL.indexOf("?") > 0)
	{		
		var arrParams = sURL.split("?");
			
		var arrURLParams = arrParams[1].split("&");		
	
		var i = 0;
		for (i=0;i<arrURLParams.length;i++)
		{
			var sParam =  arrURLParams[i].split("=");
			var value = "";
			var paramName;
			if (sParam[1] != "")
				value = unescape(sParam[1]);
			paramName = sParam[0];			
			urlParams[ paramName ] = value;
		}
		
	}
}