Hello, I have a database that I am trying to update, that for various reasons, I cannot get a direct connection to. I use an external class that I have used in other situations with no problems Thus, I have a setup that looks like the following: Form -> -> script that processes the form, outputs dict -> -> script that takes dict, calls external method -> -> external method that updates db, returns num rows updated -> -> script that formats output for web -> Output display in browser I have each step here covered with try/excepts, especially the call out to the external method. Here is the text of the external method: import sys, traceback from team.database import interface def exceptional_circumstances(): return '<br>'.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())) def update_adapter(self, updates, key, commit=0): try: db = interface.DB() updates = db.split_update(updates) result = db.standard_update_by_key(updates, key, commit) except: return exceptional_circumstances() return result I have used this same interface before from different contexts, but when I try to use it here, Zope (apparently) segfaults. A python core file is left behind, and no trace of any exception is logged in any log that I can find. (checked /error_log, the zeo log, and the zope process log on disk) Does anybody know why this is happening? Has anybody seen something similar, or better yet, fixed something similar? Thanks, VL