diff --git a/system/application/config/config.php b/system/application/config/config.php
index f0ba241..c84a4d8 100644
--- a/system/application/config/config.php
+++ b/system/application/config/config.php
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
 | 'encrypt_sess_cookie' = TRUE/FALSE (boolean).  Whether to encrypt the cookie
 | 'session_expiration'  = the number of SECONDS you want the session to last.
 |  by default sessions last 7200 seconds (two hours).  Set to zero for no expiration.
+| 'time_to_update'		= how many seconds between CI refreshing Session Information
 |
 */
 $config['sess_cookie_name']		= 'ci_session';
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@
 $config['sess_table_name']		= 'ci_sessions';
 $config['sess_match_ip']		= FALSE;
 $config['sess_match_useragent']	= TRUE;
+$config['sess_time_to_update'] 		= 300;
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session.php b/system/libraries/Session.php
index a0fe562..57106ea 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session.php
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 	var $sess_cookie	= 'ci_session';
 	var $userdata		= array();
 	var $gc_probability	= 5;
-
+	var $flashdata_key 	= 'flash';
+	var $time_to_update	= 300; // 5 mintues, not accessible from config settings
 
 	/**
 	 * Session Constructor
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@
 		 * "last_visit" times based on each user's locale.
 		 *
 		 */
+
+		if (is_numeric($this->CI->config->item('sess_time_to_update')))
+		{
+			$this->time_to_update = $this->CI->config->item('sess_time_to_update');
+		}
+
 		if (strtolower($this->CI->config->item('time_reference')) == 'gmt')
 		{
 			$now = time();
@@ -146,7 +153,7 @@
 		else
 		{	
 			// We only update the session every five minutes
-			if (($this->userdata['last_activity'] + 300) < $this->now)
+			if (($this->userdata['last_activity'] + $this->time_to_update) < $this->now)
 			{
 				$this->sess_update();
 			}
@@ -156,7 +163,13 @@
 		if ($this->use_database === TRUE)
 		{		
 			$this->sess_gc();
-		}	
+		}
+
+		// Delete 'old' flashdata (from last request)
+       	$this->_flashdata_sweep();
+        
+        // Mark all new flashdata as old (data will be deleted before next request)
+       	$this->_flashdata_mark();
 	}
 	
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -313,7 +326,7 @@
 		}
 			
 		// Write the cookie
-		$this->userdata['last_visit'] = 0;		
+		$this->userdata['last_visit'] = 0;
 		$this->sess_write();
 	}
 	
@@ -331,13 +344,25 @@
 		{
 			$this->userdata['last_visit'] = $this->userdata['last_activity'];
 		}
-	
+
+		// Save the old session id so we know which record to 
+		// update in the database if we need it
+		$old_sessid = $this->userdata['session_id'];
+		$new_sessid = '';
+		while (strlen($new_sessid) < 32)
+		{
+			$new_sessid .= mt_rand(0, mt_getrandmax());
+		}
+		$new_sessid = md5(uniqid($new_sessid, TRUE));
+		
+        // Update the session data in the session data array
+		$this->userdata['session_id'] = $new_sessid;
 		$this->userdata['last_activity'] = $this->now;
 		
 		// Update the session in the DB if needed
 		if ($this->use_database === TRUE)
 		{		
-			$this->CI->db->query($this->CI->db->update_string($this->session_table, array('last_activity' => $this->now), array('session_id' => $this->userdata['session_id'])));
+			$this->CI->db->query($this->CI->db->update_string($this->session_table, array('last_activity' => $this->now, 'session_id' => $new_sessid), array('session_id' => $old_sessid)));
 		}
 		
 		// Write the cookie
@@ -392,7 +417,7 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 	
 	/**
-	 * Fetch a specific item form  the session array
+	 * Fetch a specific item from the session array
 	 *
 	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string
@@ -402,6 +427,19 @@
 	{
 		return ( ! isset($this->userdata[$item])) ? FALSE : $this->userdata[$item];
 	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+	
+	/**
+	 * Fetch all session data
+	 *
+	 * @access	public
+	 * @return	mixed
+	 */	
+	function all_userdata()
+	{
+        return ( ! isset($this->userdata)) ? FALSE : $this->userdata;
+	}
 	
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 	
@@ -427,7 +465,7 @@
 				$this->userdata[$key] = $val;
 			}
 		}
-	
+
 		$this->sess_write();
 	}
 	
@@ -436,8 +474,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Delete a session variable from the "userdata" array
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
-	 * @param	array
+	 * @access	array
 	 * @return	void
 	 */		
 	function unset_userdata($newdata = array())
@@ -467,9 +504,9 @@
 	 * @param	mixed
 	 * @return	mixed
 	 */
-	 function strip_slashes($vals)
-	 {
-	 	if (is_array($vals))
+	function strip_slashes($vals)
+	{
+		if (is_array($vals))
 	 	{	
 	 		foreach ($vals as $key=>$val)
 	 		{
@@ -484,6 +521,118 @@
 	 	return $vals;
 	}
 
+	
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+	 * Add or change flashdata, only available
+	 * until the next request
+	 *
+	 * @access	public
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
+    function set_flashdata($newdata = array(), $newval = '')
+    {
+        if (is_string($newdata))
+        {
+            $newdata = array($newdata => $newval);
+        }
+        
+        if (count($newdata) > 0)
+        {
+            foreach ($newdata as $key => $val)
+            {
+                $flashdata_key = $this->flashdata_key.':new:'.$key;
+                $this->set_userdata($flashdata_key, $val);
+            }
+        }
+    } 
+	
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Keeps existing flashdata available to next request.
+	 *
+	 * @access	public
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	void
+     */
+    function keep_flashdata($key)
+    {
+		// 'old' flashdata gets removed.  Here we mark all 
+		// flashdata as 'new' to preserve it from _flashdata_sweep()
+		// Note the function will return FALSE if the $key 
+		// provided cannot be found
+        $old_flashdata_key = $this->flashdata_key.':old:'.$key;
+        $value = $this->userdata($old_flashdata_key);
+
+        $new_flashdata_key = $this->flashdata_key.':new:'.$key;
+        $this->set_userdata($new_flashdata_key, $value);
+    }
+	
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch a specific flashdata item from the session array
+	 *
+	 * @access	public
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */	
+    function flashdata($key)
+    {
+        $flashdata_key = $this->flashdata_key.':old:'.$key;
+        return $this->userdata($flashdata_key);
+    }
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Identifies flashdata as 'old' for removal
+	 * when _flashdata_sweep() runs.
+	 *
+	 * @access	private
+	 * @return	void
+     */
+    function _flashdata_mark()
+    {
+		$userdata = $this->all_userdata();
+        foreach ($userdata as $name => $value)
+        {
+            $parts = explode(':new:', $name);
+            if (is_array($parts) && count($parts) === 2)
+            {
+                $new_name = $this->flashdata_key.':old:'.$parts[1];
+                $this->set_userdata($new_name, $value);
+                $this->unset_userdata($name);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Removes all flashdata marked as 'old'
+	 *
+	 * @access	private
+	 * @return	void
+     */
+
+    function _flashdata_sweep()
+    {
+		$userdata = $this->all_userdata();
+        foreach ($userdata as $key => $value)
+        {
+            if (strpos($key, ':old:'))
+            {
+                $this->unset_userdata($key);
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+	
 }
 // END Session Class
 ?>
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