On Mar 29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hacked the bitstream to say... Joshua> Joel Reed wrote: Joshua> > Joshua> > i'm not sure if anyone will ever find this useful but this makes Joshua> > $Application a per-process global var if you prefer that. this is Joshua> > probably terribly coded but it works for what i need (i'm definitely Joshua> > not a perl guru). please suggest improvement if you can ;) Joshua> > Joshua> > need Joshua> > PerlSetVar AppDataPerProcess 1 Joshua> > Joshua> Joshua> If you set AllowApplicationState to 0, then the system will Joshua> not define $Application, and you are free to use it then Joshua> for a per-process global. then i won't have $Session either though i think. but maybe i can hack up Apache::ASP to just disable $Application, not $Session. thanks for the idea... jr -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joel W. Reed http://ruby.ddiworld.com/jreed ---------Give: Support the helpless victims of computer error.---------