It's ok. You don't have to be sorry, this whole business just isn't very nice to newbies, but there is a reason for it. Here is some cookie code that i wrote about a year ago. Maybe it will help you get a feel for what you need to do. 
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Cookie;

my @views = qw(first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth);
my %cookies = CGI::Cookie->fetch();
my $x       = (defined $cookies{'cookie_i'})
   ? $cookies{'cookie_i'}->value()
   : 0
;
my $view   = $views[$x++];
my $cookie = CGI::Cookie->new(-name=>'cookie_i',-value=>$x % @views);

print header(-cookie=>$cookie),
   start_html('session'),
   h1($view),
   start_form,
   submit,
   end_form,
   end_html
;

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Just name it foo.cgi or something and run it from a browser that accepts cookies. Hope this helps. :)

jeffa

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B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) 3Re: CGI.pm error by jeffa
in thread CGI.pm error by webstudioro

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