Thanks for the link. I had actually seen it in an earlier mail of yours. The problem I had with that version, and the reason I had to go the roundabout way was that once I named it name=xxx:list ( <input type='hidden' name='deleted_users:list' value=''> ) I could no longer use it in a javascript on the page. If I tried to access it by just form_name.xxx ( <div onclick="document.manage_members.deleted_users.value='<dtml-var "member_data.user_id">';return true;"> ) I got a javascript error : "no object..." and if I accessed it using the name ( <div onclick="document.manage_members.deleted_users:list.value='<dtml-var "member_data.user_id">';return true;"> ) ... I got a expected ';' error. Hence I just decided to do it the dirty way. Any suggestions as to how to get around that problem. TIA AM ================================================================== Aseem Mohanty Neurobehavioral Systems Inc, 828 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706 (R) 510 7696011 (M) 510 3014871 (O) 510 5279231 ================================================================== "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there!!" -- Steve Gonedes ==================================================================