Hi Jim, thanks for your answer. Yes, I know about the quoting problem and what dtml-var does. But acording to my findings dtml-var plus sql_quote doesn't do the same thing. I couldn't find that it was doing anything with the quoting. That's why I'm asking. Also the different way dtml-var plus fmt=sql-quote. But I will check again. But another question: what should be done in the following construct: select <dtml-var myCol> from <dtml-sqlvar myTable> Here another kind of quoting would be needed or the following could be done: myCols = "a_table_col from a_table; delete * from a_table; select * " Thats the same problem, isn't it? What would help here? Just a double quoting like: select "<dtml-var myCol>" from <dtml-sqlvar myTable>? -- Elena