#Initiate the connection to the database
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=DATABASE;host=localhost", "USER","PASS",{'RaiseError' => 1});

#create a CGI instance
my $cgi = new CGI;

#Create the session
#my $session = new CGI::Session("DBI:MySQL", undef, {Handle=>$dbh});
my $session = new CGI::Session(undef, $cgi, {Directory=>'/tmp'});