my ($sess_id) = @_;
    my $cgi = new CGI;
    my $dbh = DBI->connect( "$dbms:$dbname","$dbuser","$dbpasswd", {PrintError => 0, RaiseError => 1}) || die
    "Verbindung zur Datenbank fehlgeschlagen: $DBI::errstr";
    
    $sid = $cgi->cookie('YAMBE_SESSID') || $cgi->param('YAMBE_SESSID') || $sess_id || undef;

    my $sql = qq{SELECT id FROM ${table_prefix}session WHERE id like $sid};
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql );
    $sth->execute();

$sth->execute();