New CI 1.7 session class database error

[eluser]CIfan1000[/eluser]
Well, I am sorry to add to this, but could you clarify this please:

I now have $config['sess_use_database'] = TRUE; in config.php.

I took a look at the cookie and it is:

a:4:{s:10:"session_id";s:32:"3ed77432e5af75c28d6d94670ed2858c";s:10:"ip_address";s:9:"127.0.0.1";s:10:"user_agent";s:50:"Mozilla/5.0+(Windows;+U;+Windows+NT+5.1;+en-US;+rv";s:13:"last_activity";s:10:"1224992448";}b2895c57934687268f67eddea8727c38

In other words, the ip address, user_agent, and last_activity are still in the cookie AND they are in the ci_sessions table - could someone clarify why please? I was under the impression that these session variables would only be in the ci_sessions table, not in the cookie.

Thanks!