i'm not operating on much sleep here ... i'm getting this message: File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/quixote/session.py", line 183, in __setitem__ raise TypeError("session not an instance of %r: %r" TypeError: session not an instance of: When I add this statement to SessionManager.__setitem__: print ' session.__class__', session.__class__ I get this: session.__class__ realtime.realtime_server.DemoSession It _is_ an instance. Does the dotted namespace stuff confuse isinstance()? -- Mark Bucciarelli, www.hubcapconsulting.com He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me. -- Thomas Jefferson