You are tantalisingly close - here is how it should be! 
    my $session_cookie = $q->cookie( -name => 'CGISESSID',
        -value => $sess->id,
        );

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CGI::Session is expecting the cookie name to be CGISESSID. You are naming the cookie something else. Don't put anything else in the cookie, just the session-id and that will be fine. Of course you need to set the expiry values and the domain.

Then once you have the session you can save the other things in the session, not the cookie. ,P. jdtoronto

In reply to Re: CGI.pm, CGI::Session and Cookies by jdtoronto
in thread CGI.pm, CGI::Session and Cookies by digger

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