function unescapeString(text) { 
     text = unescape(text); 
     // using non-regexp method to support older browsers 
     var new_text = ''; 
     var c; 
     for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) { 
          c = text.charAt(i); 
          if (c == '+') { 
               new_text += ' '; 
          } else { 
               new_text += c; 
          } 
     } 
     return new_text; 
} 

function getArgs() { 
     var args = new Object(); 
     var query = location.search.substring(1); 
	 //var query = "&page=1&ctx=990&max=345&item=2&name=Alan&prev_name=Ainsley&next_name=Alastair&bnf=1";
	 //var query = "&page=1&ctx=990&max=345&item=344&name=Alan&prev_name=Ainsley&next_name=&mn=Matthew&ln=Paige&bnf=1";

     var pairs = query.split('&'); 
     for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) { 
          var pos = pairs[i].indexOf('='); 
          if (pos == -1) continue; 
          var argname = pairs[i].substring(0,pos); 
          var value = pairs[i].substring(pos+1); 
          args[argname] = unescapeString(value); 
     } 
     return args; 
} 

function verifyform(nf_form) {
	if (nf_form.qry.value == "") {
		alert("The first name must be entered.");
		return false;
	}else {
		//alert("action=" + nf_form.action);
		return true;
	}
}