Took the easy route by switching to file sessions to test before I risk messing about with the db but it doesnt appear to have resolved the problem....

changed includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php as you suggested and checked the sessions path which is:

/home/sites/newmoontrading.co.uk/public_html/cache

still get the same error message at the top of the page as last posted, no difference at all. So maybe it's not the blob thing?

I also get an error message in the body of the page if I click 'Home' (with db and with file sessions):

1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'EXPECTED_PRODUCTS_SORT limit MAX_DISPLAY_UPCOMING_PRODUC' at line 7
in:
[select p.products_id, pd.products_name, products_date_available as date_expected from products p, products_description pd where p.products_id = pd.products_id and p.products_status = 1 and pd.language_id = '1' and p.products_date_available >=20070312 order by EXPECTED_PRODUCTS_FIELD EXPECTED_PRODUCTS_SORT limit MAX_DISPLAY_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS]


I dont know if that sheds more light on the subject or adds to the mystery.....

TFB