I've read so many tutorials/docs on cookies and CGI::Cookies but I still can't figure out how (once a cookie is set) extract the value so I can use it later on during the script.

Test print of cookie --
Cookie: sessionID=test%3A%3Atest%3Ad41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e; p
+ath=/; expires=Thu, 07-Aug-2003 22:20:06 GMT

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My cookie code (which finally works)--
  $cookie = cookie(-name    => 'sessionID',
                   -value   => makeCookieValue($userpass),
                   -expires => '+1h'
                  );

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I've tried this suggestion which someone gave to me--
my $cookievalue = getFirstOrValue(cookie());
print "New cookie stuff: $cookievalue";

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After the user is logged in, I want to be able to take the cookie valye into a scalar so I can split and use the $user and $pass (After they sign in, the page needs to be personalized with their username displayed somewhere, just like on top of this page it says 'log sulfericacid out'.

Thanks for your help everyone.

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sulfericacid

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