Re: are sessions single threaded?

At 4:04 PM -0800 3/6/01, Ernest E Vogelsinger wrote: >At 00:56 07.03.2001, Bill Rausch said: >--------------------[snip]-------------------- >>What I mean is, if a user is connected to a php page that uses sessions and >>that is involved in a time consuming operation (say 20 seconds or more) >>before returning an answer, and the user also opens a second window in the >>same browser to connect to another page in the same site that uses sessions >>the second window will hang till the first operation is complete. >> >>While testing, I was able to show that if I don't use sessions this doesn't >>happen. >> >>I need to use sessions and would like to allow users to have multiple >>windows connected to my site (it is an intranet application). >--------------------[snip]-------------------- > >try not to use cookies - use session keys via URL/hidden form fields. This >way multiple browser connects can have multiple session keys, and you won't >"hang" Thanks for the answer. Help me to understand please. Is this a limitation of PHP somehow or is it a limitation of the browsers. Why does not using cookies make a difference? Where would I go to find more information on this issue? --- Bill Rausch, Software Development, Unix, Mac, Windows Numerical Applications, Inc. 509-943-0861 bill@numerical.com