diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/create_user.sql b/examples/user-authentication/create_user.sql
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+WITH inserted_user AS (
+    INSERT INTO user_info (username, password_hash)
+    VALUES (:username, crypt(:password, gen_salt('bf', 10)))
+    ON CONFLICT (username) DO NOTHING
+    RETURNING username
+)
+SELECT 'text' AS component,
+    COALESCE(
+        'Welcome, ' || (SELECT username FROM inserted_user) || '! Your user account was successfully created. You can now [log in](sign%20in.sql).',
+        'Sorry, this user name is already taken.'
+    ) AS contents_md;
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diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/docker-compose.yml b/examples/user-authentication/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  web:
+    image: lovasoa/sqlpage
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://root:secret@db/sqlpage
+  db: # The DB environment variable can be set to "mariadb" or "postgres" to test the code with different databases
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+      - "3306:3306"
+    image: postgres
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: root
+      POSTGRES_DB: sqlpage
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/index.sql b/examples/user-authentication/index.sql
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+SELECT 'shell' AS component,
+    'User Management App' AS title,
+    'user' AS icon,
+    '/' AS link,
+    'sign in' AS menu_item,
+    'sign up' AS menu_item;
+
+SELECT 'hero' AS component,
+    'SQLPage Authentication Demo' AS title,
+    'This application requires signing up to view the protected page.' AS description_md,
+    'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Community_wp20.png/974px-Community_wp20.png' AS image,
+    'protected_page.sql' AS link,
+    'Access protected page' AS link_text;
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diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/login.sql b/examples/user-authentication/login.sql
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+INSERT INTO login_session (username)
+SELECT username
+FROM user_info
+WHERE username = :username
+    AND password_hash = crypt(:password, password_hash)
+RETURNING 'cookie' AS component,
+    'session' AS name,
+    id AS value;
+
+SELECT 'http_header' AS component,
+    'protected_page.sql' AS location;
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diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/protected_page.sql b/examples/user-authentication/protected_page.sql
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+
+SELECT 'text' AS component,
+        'This content is [top secret](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ). You cannot view it if you are not connected.' AS contents_md;
+
+SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM login_session WHERE id=sqlpage.cookie('session')) AS contents;
+SELECT 'debug' AS component;
+SELECT * FROM login_session;
+SELECT sqlpage.cookie('session');
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diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/sign in.sql b/examples/user-authentication/sign in.sql
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+SELECT 'form' AS component,
+    'Sign in' AS title,
+    'Sign in' AS validate,
+    'login.sql' AS action;
+
+SELECT 'username' AS name;
+SELECT 'password' AS name, 'password' AS type;
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diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/sign up.sql b/examples/user-authentication/sign up.sql
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+SELECT 'form' AS component,
+    'Create a new user account' AS title,
+    'Sign up' AS validate,
+    'create_user.sql' AS action;
+
+SELECT 'username' AS name;
+SELECT 'password' AS name, 'password' AS type;
+SELECT 'terms' AS name, 'I accept the terms and conditions' AS label, TRUE AS required, FALSE AS value, 'checkbox' AS type;
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diff --git a/examples/user-authentication/sqlpage/migrations/0000_init.sql b/examples/user-authentication/sqlpage/migrations/0000_init.sql
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+CREATE TABLE user_info (
+    username TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    password_hash TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+-- Activate the pgcrypto extension to be able to hash passwords, and generate session IDs.
+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgcrypto;
+
+CREATE TABLE login_session (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT encode(gen_random_bytes(128), 'hex'),
+    username TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES user_info(username),
+    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+);
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