function _sess_write($key, $val) {
      global $db;

    function _sess_write($key, $val) {
      // The following is only to work around a PHP 5.2.0 bug:
      //global $db;
      $db = new queryFactory();
      $db->connect(DB_SERVER, DB_SERVER_USERNAME, DB_SERVER_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE, USE_PCONNECT, false);

    function _sess_write($key, $val) {
      global $db;
      global $SESS_LIFE;
      
      // PHP 5.20 bugfix BOF
      if (!is_object($db)) {
        $db = new queryFactory();
        $db->connect(DB_SERVER, DB_SERVER_USERNAME, DB_SERVER_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE, USE_PCONNECT, false);
      }
      // PHP 5.20 bugfix EOF

      $expiry = time() + $SESS_LIFE;
      $value = $val;
      ...................