So, here's an SSCCE which works well.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI::Session;

my $session = CGI::Session->new or die CGI::Session->errstr;
my $cgi     = $session->query;
my $html    = '<h1>Session test</h1>';
my $field   = 'doc_upload';

# Initial value
my $gfn = $session->param ($field);
$html .= $gfn ? "<p>Initial value: $gfn</p>" : '<p>No iniital value</p
+>';

# New value
my $newgfn = $cgi->param ($field);
$html .= 
  $newgfn ? "<p>Supplied value: $newgfn</p>" : '<p>No supplied value</
+p>';

if ($newgfn) {
    $session->param ($field, $newgfn);
    $html .= '<p>Initial value overwritten with new value</p>';
}

$html .= qq{<form method="post"><input type="text" name="$field"/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit new value"/></form>};
print $session->header, $html;
$session->flush;

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The HTML is minimalistic but serves the purpose. Run this CGI a few times to convince yourself that it is indeed storing new values but only when supplied. Then see how this differs from your script and amend yours accordingly. Good luck.

In reply to Re^5: Losing session value by hippo
in thread Lossing session value by Anonymous Monk

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