The easiest way to do it in a few lines is this: 

use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;

# to save object to a database as a single string
my $string = $q->query_string();
save_to_db($string);

# to retrieve object just get the string back
my $string = get_from_db();
# and use it to initinalise a new CGI object
my $reconstituted_q = new CGI($string);

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This works because the query_string() method generates a query string equivalent to your object data and you can ititialise a CGI object fron a query string like $q = new CGI( "foo=bar&baz=spaz" )

cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Saving CGI state to mySQL by tachyon
in thread Saving CGI state to mySQL by filmo

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