redirection based on login username

*PHP is supported but there is no mySQL access on this host [not sure what the point is... maybe I should just tell them to switch hosts...] I am looking to see if i can connect to a freeservers sql DB [www.f2s.com] *It will be for agents who are logging in, depending on their assigned username they should be directed to THEIR pricing schedule, currently there are three different price schemes *I would like it to be expandable from the current [a new company, they are looking to grow fairly large... naturally] MY THOUGHTS *I only know how to do DB based authentication, so the agent may have to login TWICE [one for PHP redirect, another for apache protected dir. *Cookies might be the best way to go, (agent logs in to a gateway page that reads the cookie value and directs to according page) I don't like this cuz where does the cookie initially get set [give them each a disk with THEIR cookie on it?] *agent ID's could be assigned like this AGENT001 AGENT101 AGENT202 Then the script could direct to up to [10 price schedules, by using AGENT0, AGENT1, AGENT2, get it?] or [100 price schedules, if you extended to the second number AGENT01, AGENT02, AGENT10, AGENT11] etc. each could theoretically have unlimited agents. Just keep adding numbers after the "base" ID So, anyone have any ideas to go about this, I don't think that I can use a DB, unless maybe it was a flat text file... [never worked with those before:)] Thanks Much olinux _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com