Index: tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/session/persistent/AbstractPersistentManager.java
===================================================================
--- tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/session/persistent/AbstractPersistentManager.java	(revision 113685)
+++ tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/session/persistent/AbstractPersistentManager.java	(revision 113686)
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
    private final P store;
 
    /**
+    * Substitute app name for root context with "/" to work around Oracle DB bug (JBPAPP-10206)
+    */
+   private Boolean substituteRootContext = null;
+
+   /**
     * The connection username to use when trying to connect to the database.
     */
    private String connectionName = null;
@@ -152,6 +157,19 @@
 
    }
 
+
+   public Boolean getSubstituteRootContext()
+   {
+      return substituteRootContext;
+   }
+
+
+   public void setSubstituteRootContext(Boolean substituteRootContext)
+   {
+      this.substituteRootContext = substituteRootContext;
+   }
+
+
    public String getConnectionName()
    {
       return connectionName;
@@ -400,6 +418,10 @@
       store.setName(this.getContextName());
       store.setMaxUnreplicatedInterval(getMaxUnreplicatedInterval());
       
+      if (getSubstituteRootContext() != null)
+      {
+         store.setSubstituteRootContext(getSubstituteRootContext().booleanValue());
+      }
       if (getConnectionName() != null)
       {
          store.setConnectionName(getConnectionName());
Index: tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/session/persistent/RDBMSStoreBase.java
===================================================================
--- tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/session/persistent/RDBMSStoreBase.java	(revision 113685)
+++ tomcat/src/main/org/jboss/web/tomcat/service/session/persistent/RDBMSStoreBase.java	(revision 113686)
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
     * Context name associated with this Store
     */
    private String name = null;
+
+   /**
+    * Substitute app name for root context with "/" to work around Oracle DB bug (JBPAPP-10206)
+    */
+   private boolean substituteRootContext = false;
    
    /**
     * How often to execute the processExpires cleanup
@@ -232,6 +237,10 @@
       {
          throw new IllegalStateException("Must configure a name for PersistentStore");
       }
+      if (substituteRootContext && "".equals(name))
+      {
+         return "/"; // work around Oracle bug with empty strings
+      }
       return name;
    }
    
@@ -241,6 +250,25 @@
    }
 
    /**
+    * Return whether to use "/" as the app name in the DB for applications in the root context
+    *
+    */
+   public boolean getSubstituteRootContext()
+   {
+      return (this.substituteRootContext);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Set whether to use "/" as the app name in the DB for applications in the root context
+    *
+    * @param substituteRootContext whether to do the substitution
+    */
+   public void setSubstituteRootContext(boolean substituteRootContext)
+   {
+      this.substituteRootContext = substituteRootContext;
+   }
+
+   /**
     * Return the username to use to connect to the database.
     *
     */