On Jul 27, 2006, at 7:41 AM, Mike Sandford wrote:

>  I do wonder if Quixote needs to update the access time
> every time, but that is a question for another list :-)

Quixote does not need to update the access time every time.
The 'resolution' argument to Session._set_access_time() is supposed
to slow down this activity.  Maybe you should try setting
the SessionManager.ACCESS_TIME_RESOLUTION to a higher value.

Are you sure this is what triggers your commit() storms?