tom, all this talk of cookies made me hungry, so i put together something that'd make many cookies out of one cookie (so to speak). it doesn't do anything like set cookies, update existing cookies, expire cookies, etc., but it definitely makes cookies easier to read. http://members.evolt.org/jeff/code/js_cookie_vars/index.cfm enjoy, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/