Index: django-gis-7543/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py
===================================================================
--- django-gis-7543.orig/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py	2008-06-11 18:08:27.000000000 -0500
+++ django-gis-7543/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py	2008-06-11 18:41:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -86,6 +86,25 @@
         except:
             return {}
 
+    def update(self, E, **F):
+        self._session.update(E, **F)
+        self.modified = True
+
+    def has_key(self, key):
+        return self._session.has_key(key)
+
+    def values(self):
+        return self._session.values()
+
+    def iterkeys(self):
+        return self._session.iterkeys()
+
+    def itervalues(self):
+        return self._session.itervalues()
+
+    def iteritems(self):
+        return self._session.iteritems()
+
     def _get_new_session_key(self):
         "Returns session key that isn't being used."
         # The random module is seeded when this Apache child is created.
Index: django-gis-7543/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
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--- django-gis-7543.orig/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py	2008-06-11 18:08:27.000000000 -0500
+++ django-gis-7543/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py	2008-06-11 18:08:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -88,6 +88,65 @@
 
 >>> s.pop('some key', 'does not exist')
 'does not exist'
+
+>>> s.get('update key', None)
+
+test .update
+>>> s.modified = s.accessed = False   # Reset to pretend this wasn't accessed previously
+>>> s.update({'update key':1})
+>>> s.accessed, s.modified
+(True, True)
+>>> s.get('update key', None)
+1
+
+test .has_key
+>>> s.modified = s.accessed = False   # Reset to pretend this wasn't accessed previously
+>>> s.has_key('update key')
+True
+>>> s.accessed, s.modified
+(True, False)
+
+test .values
+>>> s = SessionBase()
+>>> s.values()
+[]
+>>> s.accessed
+True
+>>> s['x'] = 1
+>>> s.values()
+[1]
+
+test .iterkeys
+>>> s.accessed = False
+>>> i = s.iterkeys()
+>>> hasattr(i,'__iter__')
+True
+>>> s.accessed
+True
+>>> list(i)
+['x']
+
+test .itervalues
+>>> s.accessed = False
+>>> i = s.itervalues()
+>>> hasattr(i,'__iter__')
+True
+>>> s.accessed
+True
+>>> list(i)
+[1]
+
+test .iteritems
+>>> s.accessed = False
+>>> i = s.iteritems()
+>>> hasattr(i,'__iter__')
+True
+>>> s.accessed
+True
+>>> list(i)
+[('x', 1)]
+
+
 """
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':