Hi Alexander,

Thanks for your comments. A few explanations:

The reason I do the $CGI->param(...) || undef is exactly for the case where the parameters are zero or empty. Those values are "replaced" by undef which the DBI "quote" turns into "NULL". Very few columns in my database tables allow NULL values.

Actually I do NOT store passwords in plain text. The password strings that pass through here were encoded in the browser's javascript before being sent to this app. I am comparing encoded strings, not plain text. The code I am writing will perhaps be used in other locations once I am done and I can not absolutely force future clients to use SSL connections so I encrypt what i can and assume a non-SSL'd channel.

In reply to Re^2: CGI::Session not "storing" anything by Anonymous Monk
in thread CGI::Session not "storing" anything by seven.reeds

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