You may want to try to use the module Data::Dumper to make sure that %cookies look as you are defining them. (That is: 
use Data::Dumper;
...
...
print Dumper %cookies;

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). Also in your code: 
        my %hash = $cookies{'ID'}->value;
        $username = $hash{'username'};
        $password = $hash{'password'};

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The docs for CGI::Cookie suggest that value() will return a hashref if the original cookie is feed a hashref, as opposed to returning a hash. What you probably want is : 
        my $hashref = $cookies{'ID'}->value;
        $username = $$hashref{'username'};
        $password = $$hashref{'password'};

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Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Re: Crashing Cookie Code by Masem
in thread Crashing Cookie Code by quill

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