Hi

I started to learn CGI::Session and have made some progress thus far.

The below code successfully adds the session data inside a MySQL DB using CGI::Session, however it does not create a cookie. I have no idea where I can start to troubleshoot this problem. It has to do w/ a config setting I'm thinking, because the code seems to work for most other people. 
#created the INPUT = New CGI; on previous lines

    use CGI::Session;
    my $session = new CGI::Session("driver:MySQL", undef, { 
        Handle => $dbh,
        DataSource => "DBI:mysql:contrarian:host=my_server",
        User => "srjiii",
        Password => $df_pass });

       $session->param("member_name", $username);


    my $cookie = $INPUT->cookie(-name=>'SESSION_Name',
                                -value=>$session->id,
                                -expires=>"+1d");
    print $INPUT->header(-cookie=>$cookie);

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I read some threads in this website, and it says you must specify a domain name for your cookie? But how come the documentation for the CGI::Session and other examples I have looked at do not say anything about that? I made sure my browser accepts cookies and have looked inside the cookie folder for any cookie named "SESSION_Name" and no luck. What Am I doing wrong? Is it something to do with the code I have or just a config. that I'm not understanding?

IF anyone can tell me some articles/threads that show how you can troubleshoot why your script is not creating a cookie that will be great!

thanks Monks!

In reply to Troubleshooting Setting a Cookie by Anonymous Monk

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