>Preference is the key word here. That's what I've been trying to say all along.

I prefer to be consistient. If that is a bad thing, color me bad..< bg >..


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Isn't server-side script part of the middle tier? So your middle tier has the login information. I don't get it, you told me this was bad design.
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Script is the glue, at least that is all it should be, that ties things together. From a design standpoint, if you find that you have to recompile a middle-tier COMPONENT everytime the login info has to change - I would submit that is a bad design...