cookie getting and checking help **RESOLVED**

i have

Code:

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use CGI;
$html = new CGI;

my $loggedIn = 0;
my $errMessage;
my $madeCookie;
%cookie = $html->cookie('StreamIt');
if(exists $cookie{name}){
        open(SESSION_READ,"<sesIDs.dat");
        my $sessions = <SESSION_READ>;
        chomp $sessions;
        my %sesHash = split /\|/, $sessions;
               
        if($sesHash{$cookie{"username"}} eq $cookie{"id"}){
                print $html->header();
                print $cookie{"id"}, "DLKJF";
                $loggedIn = 1;
                %cookieHash = ("username",$cookie{"username"},"id",$cookie{"id"});
                $madeCookie = $html->cookie(-name=>"StreamIt",-value=>\%cookieHash,-expires=>'+1h');
        }
        close SESSION_READ;
}

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i am setting this cokie properly, but is that the right way to get it and check it against a file that i have usernames and ids stored it? it doesn't seem to work...

this sesID's file contains stuff like

Selina|8b88ad37b5153702fdfe13b5c41f8993|Alfred|ceec0cdc17b0e17c4135a1ba0c7b5ea0

any ideas what i'm doing wrong??

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