var GenericUtils = {
    getQueryVariable: function(variable)
    {
		var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
		var vars = query.split("&");
		for (var i=0; i < vars.length; i++)
		{
			var pair = vars[i].split("=");
			if (pair[0].toLowerCase() == variable.toLowerCase())
			{
				return pair[1];
			}
		} 
		return null;
    },
    getQueryVariableFromString: function(string, variable)
    {
		var query = unescape(string.split("?")[1]);
		var vars = query.split("&");
		for (var i=0; i < vars.length; i++)
		{
			var pair = vars[i].split("=");
			if (pair[0].toLowerCase() == variable.toLowerCase())
			{
				return pair[1];
			}
		} 
		return null;
    }
};