I actually have one more question with regards to retrieving the value in the cookie from a different cgi file. I am using the sample code form the CPAN tutorial

$name = $session->param($username);
printf "<input type=\"text\" name=\$username\" value=\"%s\" />", $name
+;
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Just wondering should as in the creating the session, $name here be defined as my $name ->new CGI() or just my $name also the value that i passed into the session was

 $name = $query->param($username);
        $session->param($username, $name);
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so in retrieving the cookie am i right to put $username into the "param" field in the line $name = $session->param($username); and into the name field in the line

printf "<input type=\"text\" name=\$username\" value=\"%s\" />", $name
+;
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Thanks again