Test print of cookie --
Cookie: sessionID=test%3A%3Atest%3Ad41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e; path=/; expires=Thu, 07-Aug-2003 22:20:06 GMT

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My cookie code (which finally works)--
  $cookie = cookie(-name    => 'sessionID',
                   -value   => makeCookieValue($userpass),
                   -expires => '+1h'
                  );

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I've tried this suggestion which someone gave to me--
my $cookievalue = getFirstOrValue(cookie());
print "New cookie stuff: $cookievalue";