Hi. I'm not sure if this is a zope question, but... I have a client who is insisting on being able to enter numeric data into an HTML form (dtml-method in this case) using commas or not: 9999.00 or 9,999.00 I can output float information from the database ok, using the thousands_commas directive, however input and submission of a form using commas causes an error. I've even tried to strip commas in the ZSQL Method update statement: UPDATE ... total_area=TRIM(',' FROM <dtml-sqlvar total_area type=float>), ... but that does not seem to work either. Any suggestion on how to allow this behavior? BTW, this is legacy DTML. I cannot use ZPT here easily. Harlow Pinson Indepth Learning Email: hpinson@indepthl.com Web: http://www.indepthl.com Voice: 505-994-2135 FAX: 208-475-7678