session variables

rjsaulakh has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: session variables by edan (Curate) on May 26, 2005 at 05:51 UTC
CGI::Session -- edan	[reply]
Re: session variables by murugu (Curate) on May 26, 2005 at 06:17 UTC
Hi rjsaulakh, Try CGI::Session Regards, Murugesan Kandasamy.	[reply]
Re: session variables by monarch (Priest) on May 26, 2005 at 11:43 UTC
Session variables is a hard topic to crack. After looking at what the above mentioned module has provided consider: - who do you want to make responsible for tracking your sessions? If it's the user, then give them a cookie with the state information you need. E.g. username/password. If you want something that will work regardless of cookie support on a browser then a session key is required, and you'll have to store that somewhere, presumably a database that you have. Then you give the user the session key attached to every URL they might click on, or embed it as a hidden field into every form you create. Sessions are tricky! Good luck..	[reply]
Re^2: session variables by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 26, 2005 at 23:44 UTC
Do you really want to store user passwords on whatever computers they happen to use, away from your control?	[reply]
Re: session variables by thcsoft (Monk) on May 26, 2005 at 11:42 UTC
honestly: there are a lot of very trivial ways for handling sessions. maybe you consider me arrogant now, but: why don't you just let your own brain try - before you ask? language is a virus from outer space.	[reply]