Re: session IDs

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> I am less sure of the utility of such an ID, though. After all, if
> you see a disconnect log message for a given PID you must know that
> any reuse of that PID indicates a new session, or even if you just
> see a connection message you know it must be a new session. OTOH,
> having a unique SessionID might simplify the logic required of log
> analysis tools.

The PID *is* a unique session ID.  Why is it not sufficient?