function ApplySort()
              {
                var URL = String (document.location).split ('?')[0];
                
                window.location=URL +"?SortBy="+ document.getElementById("Sort").value;
                
              }

              function getQueryString()
              {
                  var queryString = new Array;

                  // parse current url into an array with the keys/values
                  var q = String (document.location).split ('?')[1];
                  if (!q) return false;
                  q = q. split("&");

                  for (var i = 0 ; i < q.length; i++)
                  {
                    
                  var val = q[i].split('=');
                  
                  queryString[val[0]] = val[1];
                  
                  }

                  // return the querystring
                  return queryString;
                  
              }
              function GetSortIndex()
              {
                var QueryString=getQueryString();
                var Index=0;
                if (QueryString.SortBy=="1")
                {

                    document.getElementById("Sort").selectedIndex=0;
                }
                else
                {
                    document.getElementById("Sort").selectedIndex=1;

                }                
              }