I've never written a CGI script that uses cookies before and I'm having trouble with my first attempt. I tested with Netscape and had Netscape ask me before accepting any cookies. Here's my setting code:
my $cookie = $cgi->cookie(
        -name=>'botLogin',
        -value=>"$username:$trueName:$Hash");
print $cgi->header(-cookie=>[$cookie,$cookie]),$cgi->start_html(-title
+=>'Login');

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Then I tried to retrieve the cookie using a variety of different methods: 

    #first method..this attempts to just get anything out there and sh
+ow it to me
    print $cgi->h3("First cookie retrieval method...");
    my %cookies = parse CGI::Cookie($ENV{COOKIE});
    foreach (keys %cookies) {
        print $cgi->h2("START $_ => $cookies{$_}");
    }
    print $cgi->h3("End first method.");

    #second method...like the first, doesn't look for a particular coo
+kie
    print $cgi->h3("Second retrieval method...");
    %cookies = fetch CGI::Cookie;
    foreach (keys %cookies) {
        print $cgi->h3("START $_ => $cookies{$_}");
    }
    print $cgi->h3("End second method");

    #this was my original method...tries to get only the cookie that I
+ set
    #then parses it's value to retrieve the data I wanted from it
    if(defined(my $cookieHolder = $cgi->cookie(-name=>'botLogin'))){
        print $cgi->h3("Retrieved cookie named botLoginName: $cookieHo
+lder");
    }
    else{
        print $cgi->h3("No cookie retrieved.");
    }

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Using Netscape (version 4.77, or IE 5.5 for that matter), I ran the setting code. Sure enough, the browser asked me if I wanted to accept the cookie. The name and value were right. I accepted. Then I tried to retrieve it--no dice. Eventually I discovered that I had to run the setting script twice in a row before I was able to retreive the cookies. What am I doing wrong? Why aren't my cookies taking the first time?

In reply to Cookies Not Getting Set First Time by Anonymous Monk

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