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Using Stateless Web Service Requests

Interactive applications can be developed such that a user's credentials are supplied within a request sent to Oracle CRM On Demand, eliminating the need for an explicit login request. If the request qualifies as a stateless request (see Enabling Support for Stateless Requests), the Oracle CRM On Demand server checks to see whether a session has already been established for that user. If a session is found, it is reused for the new request. If no existing session is found for the user, a new session is established.

There is no logoff operation required for stateless Web service requests. Sessions will eventually be released either due to time-out, or will be reclaimed by session management routines for use by other users.