A Question of SESSION

Hi Daniel and gang: Considering I'm never afraid to show my ignorance, please review the following example. Because of the way I normally use sessions and considering this way works for me, I thought I knew what sessions were about -- but my faith is eroding. Cases in point 1. The following is the way I normally use sessions (with COOKIES turned ON): http://www.webbytedd.com/b/sessions It works. 2. Considering that people may have their COOKIES turned OFF, I tried this: http://www.webbytedd.com/b/sessions1/ It works when COOKIES are turned ON, but the SID does not appear in the URL -- I find that odd. However, if COOKIES are turned OFF, then SID does appear in the URL, but the process of passing session variables doesn't work -- I find that confusing. What's the point of passing the SID if it isn't going to be used? 3. Looking for an explanation, I came across Daniel's post to the PHP manual, which follows: http://www.webbytedd.com/b/sessions3 Now I am totally bonkers. What am I not getting? Cheers, tedd ____________________ tedd@sperling.com http://sperling.com