Thank you - that is a clear explanation - I am using SCGI and have reduced the number of children to 0 (as opposed to 1). > -> I am not sure if this is linked with my previous posting (Interleaving > -> requests) but unpredictably - that is, I cannot reliably reproduce it - I get > -> a message along the lines of: > -> > -> "Your session is invalid or has expired. Please reload this page to start a > -> new session. > -> Expired or invalid session: 3c2b77d527b61517" > -> > -> This occurs in any make of browser across 3 operating systems. > -> > -> If I reload the page...it carries on with the same session ID. I was alerted > -> to this becuase reloading should cause a new login (if the session has > -> expired and a new cookie is issued, the user value should be blank) plus, if > -> I force an error or examine the cookie within the browser, the cookie ID is > -> the same. > -> > -> Is the cookie error message being displayed in error (!) by quixote because it > -> is misrepresenting some other error, perhaps? > > It certainly sounds like an interleaving-requests problem, if I read > that right. What is probably happening is that you have several > different session managers running, and they do not all have access > to the same pool of sessions; e.g. ManagerOne has SESSIONKEY1,2,3 etc, > and when those keys get sent to ManagerTwo it claims not to know > anything about them. > > Make sure the session key is getting saved into some cross-request > dictionary/database and that you're not caching them inappropriately. > > cheers, > --titus > > -- Robert Ladyman Tel: +44 (0) 7732 771 649 http://www.file-away.co.uk Sent to you via the Magach Wireless Network http://www.file-away.co.uk/rlan.htm