our %cgi_vars = $q->Vars;  ## Collects all my form data

##</code><code>##

 
foreach (keys %cgi_vars) { $q->param($_ => $cgi_vars{$_}); }

##</code><code>##

## This worked
if ($cgi_vars{fname}) {
	$q->param('fname' => $cgi_vars{fname});
} else {
	$q->param('fname' => "");
}
## But this did not
$q->param('fname' => $cgi_vars{fname});