use CGI::sesssion::File;
use CGI;

my $cgi = new CGI;      
my $sid = $cgi->cookie(SESSION_COOKIE) || $cgi->param("sid") || undef;

//creating a new session 
my $session = new CGI::Session::File(undef
{LockDirectory=>"/tmp",
Directory=>"/tmp"}) or die $CGI::Session::errstr;

print "Your session id is ", $session->id();
  

// A cookie is being created which is then being send to the user brow
+ser

$cookie = $cgi->cookie(CGISESSID => $session->id );
print $cgi->header(-cookie=>$cookie);     


$session->save_param($cgi, ["login_name", "password"]);

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i have tried to write this bit of code in which i try to collect the session variables from a HTML page and store in a database

but i have few queries still 1. will my script run on windows or have to make some changes.
2. there are some default session parameters values
_sessio_id, _session_ctime, _session_atime, _session_etime
how can i store this into the same database where my sessionid , loginname and password resides
3.how can i set the expiration time for a user

In reply to Re^2: CGI perl by rjsaulakh
in thread CGI perl by rjsaulakh

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