CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD

          print $query->password_field(-name=>'secret',
                                       -value=>'starting value',
                                       -size=>50,
                                       -maxlength=>80);
               -or-

          print $query->password_field('secret','starting value',50,80);

       password_field() is identical to textfield(), except that its contents will be starred out on the web page.