> -----Original Message----- > From: Jack - [mailto:jackhappy6@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Fri 6/18/2004 5:08 PM > To: Dave Page > Subject: Maintaining a transaction across multiple HTTP requests > > could u store of a connection handle in a session variable - but on the > server side have the session information stored on a shared database > instead of a file? Hi Jack, I considered that approach, but the problem is that the handle is only valid for the apache process that it was opened under. If the second request is processed by a different apache process, then it'll all go horribly wrong :-( Regards, Dave