hi, i think your problem is not cocoon releated. first let me ask you are you talking about http-session?
In that case you should read the servlet-2.2, or servlet-2.3 spec. You may want to use a ServletContext attribute holding the current session-count. Lets say: <snippet> Integer total_count = (Integer)servlet_context.getAttribute("total-session-count"); Integer new_total_count = ...; servlet_context.setAttribute("total-session-count", new_total_count); </snippet Now before you create a new session check the servlet-context-attribute, if it is still valid to create a new session. If you create a http-session, put an object into the session implementing HttpSessionBindingListener, implement in the valubeBound(), and valueUnbound(), the increasing, and decreasing of the servlet context attribute. This will assert that the servlet-context-attribute always has a valid value, and reflects the total number of active sessions. Hope the explanation helps you bye bernhard --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>