use CGI; my $q = new CGI; my $sessid = $q->cookie('SESSID'); if (!$sessid) { print $q->redirect("http://my.domain.com/loginpage/"); exit; } my $cookie = $q->cookie(-name=>"SESSID", -value=> $sessid, -expires => "+1h"); print $q->header({-type=>"text/html", -charset=>"utf-8", -cookie=>$cookie}); #### http://my.domain.com/cgi-bin/eventedit?year=2007&month=1&day=9