I am trying to access the zodb directly from a python program (instead of via an external method), in order to process large volumes of updates (adding about 900k records to a zcatalog): So far I have: #!/apps/zope/bin/python import os, sys sys.path.append("/apps/zope/lib/python") import Zope app=Zope.app() Which works fine. I can see existing objects within a folder by: for item in app.sw.WebSitesFolder.WebSitesMasterData.objectItems(): print str(item) However, when I try to create new objects (zclass instances) using: REQUEST = app.REQUEST REQUEST.set('id', '100') newobj = app.sw.WebSitesFolder.WebSitesChildData.manage_addProduct['SWV2'].WebSites.c reateInObjectManager(REQUEST['id'], REQUEST) I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./jhtst.py", line 14, in ? app.REQUEST.set('id', '100') AttributeError: set I have also discovered that REQUEST.get also generates an error. Apparently my REQUEST is not the 'normal' zope REQUEST. When I "print str(REQUEST)" I get: <Special Object Used to Force Acquisition> Does anyone have any ideas as to how to make this work!!!??? Thanks Jonathan