unless (@$existing_view) {
 # get our cookie of id's
 if ($cookie) {
  unless ( grep { $_ == $id } @cookieids ) {
   if ($user_session_data->{'LoggedIn'} == 1) {
	$db->do(qq|Insert into Views (thread_id,IPAddress,UserId) values (?,?,?)|,undef,($id,$r->connection->remote_ip,$userid));
   } else {
	$db->do(qq|Insert into Views (thread_id,IPAddress) values (?,?)|,undef,($id,$r->connection->remote_ip));
   }
   $cookie = $existing_cookie . $new_cookie;
} else {
 $cookie = $id;
}
# set the new cookie