Geir Bækholt wrote: if you try the following : <dtml-if expr="REQUEST.get('guest')=='C'"> or, following Chris' advice: <dtml-if expr="REQUEST.cookies.get('guest')=='C'"> I think you can accomplish what you are after. Hi Geir, and thank you for your advice! I tried both solutions, but I got the same problem now too. The cookie lasted only for the first page I visited. I cheked this out by including <dtml-var REQUEST> on my pages. On the first page I got this: cookies tree-s 'eJzTiFZ3hANPW/VYHU0ALlYElA' guest 'C' dtpref_cols '105' dtpref_rows '30' On the next page I got this: cookies dtpref_rows '30' dtpref_cols '105' tree-s 'eJzTiFZ3hANPW/VYHU0ALlYElA' The cookie is gone.. So maybe it is the browser that's having fun with me? Best! Børge