well, here another problem I'm fighting with: <dtml-with "_.getattr(_.getattr(issue, '1998'), '01')"> or <dtml-with issue><dtml-with 1998><dtml-with 01> works perfect, but now I want to get the string Wo="issue.1998.01" from an input-field and go to the corresponding subfolder (always begining from the top) <dtml-in "_.string.split(Wo, '/')"> <dtml-if sequence-start> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('Wo', _.getattr(PARENTS[-1], sequence-item))"> <dtml-else> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('Wo', _.getattr(Wo, sequence-item))"> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> gives File /home/src/Python/Zope-2.0.0-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 321, in eval (Object: REQUEST.set('Wo', _.getattr(PARENTS[-1], sequence-item))) File <string>, line 0, in ? NameError: (see above) Wo="News" as input for <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('Wo', _.getattr(PARENTS[-1], Wo))"> works as expected. Is sequence-item not a string in the above example? -- Tom