Chris, Thanks for the timely response. What I am trying to do is to replace some code that use to be like: someDTMLmethod -------------- dtml-in "someSQLmethod(anyParams)" <dtml-var FIELDA>, <dtml-var FIELDB> /dtml-in someSQLmethod ------------------------- select FIELDA, FIELDB from some Table ... I am attempting to replace this with an external method like: someDTMLmethod -------------- dtml-in "someExtmethod(anyParams)" <dtml-var FIELDA>, <dtml-var FIELDB> /dtml-in someExtMethod ----------------------- results = self.someSQLmethod(anyParams) """ further processing of results into new results """ return newresults someSQLmethod ------------------------- same as above How do I get the tuples(python return value) to work as the same type of results(old SQLMethod) to the dtml-in? Clayton ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com