Hi List! Ok for session but as to me they are still quite buggy :( For example, with "track_vars" set: 1. Just try to set register_globals to "off" (it's the recomended value) and you'll face a really annoying bug that exists from php 4.0.1-pl1 to the current 4.0.6 version (it seems to be fixed in the current cvs for the 4.1.0 version) : $HTTP_SESSION_VARS is not updated when you use session_register('my_var')! 2. No set register_globals to "on" and you will see that $HTTP_SESSION_VARS is not more updated (while it should because "track_vars" is on). See also php bug reports #5329, #11861, #12600.... and users notes at this url: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php In a few words it means it will be very hard to know "which" session data to use. Hum, how can we skip "stduser" ? The problem is not related to session IMHO but to the MySQL version: if 3.23.4+ we may skip "stduser" since the "SHOW GRANTS" MySQL statement is usable, else there is no better way than "stduser" to get the user privileges. Loïc ______________________________________________________________________________ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif