Index: kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/event/impl/ClusterEventTracking.java
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--- kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/event/impl/ClusterEventTracking.java	(revision 122805)
+++ kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/event/impl/ClusterEventTracking.java	(working copy)
@@ -545,16 +545,9 @@
 
 				if (M_log.isDebugEnabled()) M_log.debug("checking for events > " + m_lastEventSeq);
 				// check the db for new events
-				// Note: the events may not all have sessions, so to get them we need an outer join.
-				// TODO: switch to a "view" read once that's established, for now, a join -ggolden
+				// We do a left join which gets us records from non-sessions also
 				String statement = clusterEventTrackingServiceSql.getEventSql();
 
-				// we might want a left join, which would get us records from non-sessions, which the above mysql code does NOT give -ggolden
-				// select e.EVENT_ID,e.EVENT_DATE,e.EVENT,e.REF,e.SESSION_ID,e.EVENT_CODE,s.SESSION_SERVER
-				// from SAKAI_EVENT e
-				// left join SAKAI_SESSION s on (e.SESSION_ID = s.SESSION_ID)
-				// where EVENT_ID > 0
-
 				// send in the last seq number parameter
 				Object[] fields = new Object[1];
 				fields[0] = Long.valueOf(m_lastEventSeq);
Index: kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/event/impl/ClusterEventTrackingServiceSqlDefault.java
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--- kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/event/impl/ClusterEventTrackingServiceSqlDefault.java	(revision 122805)
+++ kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/event/impl/ClusterEventTrackingServiceSqlDefault.java	(working copy)
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@
 	 */
 	public String getEventSql()
 	{
-		return "select EVENT_ID,EVENT_DATE,EVENT,REF,SAKAI_EVENT.SESSION_ID,EVENT_CODE,CONTEXT,SESSION_SERVER " + "from   SAKAI_EVENT,SAKAI_SESSION "
-				+ "where (SAKAI_EVENT.SESSION_ID = SAKAI_SESSION.SESSION_ID) and (EVENT_ID > ?)";
+               return "select EVENT_ID,EVENT_DATE,EVENT,REF,SAKAI_EVENT.SESSION_ID,EVENT_CODE,CONTEXT,SESSION_SERVER "
+                       + "from SAKAI_EVENT "
+                       + "left join SAKAI_SESSION ON SAKAI_EVENT.SESSION_ID = SAKAI_SESSION.SESSION_ID "
+                       + "where (EVENT_ID > ?)";
 	}
 
 	/**