Index: contrib/sessions/backends/cached_db.py
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--- contrib/sessions/backends/cached_db.py	(revision 0)
+++ contrib/sessions/backends/cached_db.py	(revision 0)
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+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
+from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase
+from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
+from django.core.cache import cache
+import datetime
+
+class SessionStore(SessionBase):
+    """
+    Implements database session store
+    """
+    def __init__(self, session_key=None):
+        super(SessionStore, self).__init__(session_key)
+
+    def _get_cache_key(self):
+        return 'django_session_backend_cache_%s' % (self.session_key)
+    
+    def load(self):
+        try:
+            data = cache.get(self._get_cache_key(), None)
+            if data is None:
+                s = Session.objects.get(
+                    session_key = self.session_key, 
+                    expire_date__gt=datetime.datetime.now()
+                    )
+                data = self.decode(s.session_data)
+                cache.set(self._get_cache_key(), data, settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)
+            return data
+        except (Session.DoesNotExist, SuspiciousOperation):
+            # Create a new session_key for extra security.
+            self.session_key = self._get_new_session_key()
+            self._session_cache = {}
+
+            # Save immediately to minimize collision
+            self.save()
+            return {}
+            
+    def exists(self, session_key):
+        try:
+            Session.objects.get(session_key=session_key)
+        except Session.DoesNotExist:
+            return False
+        return True
+            
+    def save(self):
+        cache.set(self._get_cache_key(), self._session, settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)
+        Session.objects.create(
+            session_key = self.session_key,
+            session_data = self.encode(self._session),
+            expire_date = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE))
+    
+    def delete(self, session_key):
+        try:
+            cache.delete(self._get_cache_key())
+            Session.objects.get(session_key=session_key).delete()
+        except Session.DoesNotExist:
+            pass