OK, unable to sort out the CGI::Session::Auth issues I've encountered in my latest module, I wrote the following script in hopes of breaking down the use of the module, making it plain. But this script is showing the same behavior to me that my complicated module is showing. That is to say, that upon submission of my NextForm, and w/o losing my session cookie, I am returned to the login form. Why is this? What, pray tell, am I missing here?

-- Hugh

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use CGI::Session;
use CGI::Session::Auth;
use CGI::FormBuilder;

my $q = CGI->new();
my $s = CGI::Session->new(undef,$q,{ Directory => '/tmp' });
my $auth = CGI::Session::Auth->new({ CGI => $q, Session => $s });
$auth->authenticate();

my $html;
if($auth->loggedIn){
  $html = showSecretPage($html);
} else {
  $html = showLoginPage();
}

print $s->header;
print $html;
print STDERR "Found end of script.\n";
1;

sub showSecretPage {
  my $html = shift;
  print STDERR "We are now logged in.\n";
  showNextForm($html);
}

sub showLoginPage {
  my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
      name => 'LoginForm',
      method => 'post',
    );
  $form->field( name => 'userid', label => 'UserID' );
  $form->field( name => 'pw', label => 'PassWord', type => 'password' 
+);

  my $html;
  if($form->submitted && $form->validate){
    $html = $form->confirm( header => 0 );
    $html .= showNextForm();
  } else {
    $html = $form->render( header => 0 );
  }
  return $html;
}

sub showNextForm {
  my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
      name => 'NextForm',
      method => 'post',
    );
  $form->field( name => 'name', label => 'Name' );
  $form->field( name => 'age', label => 'Age' );

  my $html;
  if($form->submitted && $form->validate){
    $html .= $form->confirm( header => 0 );
  } else {
    $html .= $form->render( header => 0 );
  }
  return $html;
}
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