(set! status #t))
		      conn (string-append "INSERT INTO sessions (session_key) VALUES ('" tmpkey "')"))
    tmpkey))

;; returns session key IFF it is in the HTTP_COOKIE 
(define (session:extract-session-key self)
  (let ((http-cookie (get-environment-variable "HTTP_COOKIE")))
    ;; (err:log "http-cookie: " http-cookie)
    (if http-cookie
        (session:extract-key-from-param self (string-split-fields  ";\\s+" http-cookie infix:) "session_key")
        #f)))

(define (session:get-session-id self session-key)
  (let ((query "SELECT id FROM sessions WHERE session_key=?;")
        (result #f))