I would like to query a mysql database for a persons ID number for further processing. I have them enter their Last Name into a form (actually they can enter the first few letters of their name and I use the like operator). Please enter your last name _______ [submit] If there are no matches I want to print out that fact IF there is one match I want to display the results of an sql query based on the personID If there is more than one match I want to bring up a selection box so they can select the correct name and than get the results from that personID What I tried was using sequence-length like: <dtml-if "_[sequence-length']==1"> Display information about the Person <dtml-if "_['sequence-length'] > 1"> Put up a selection box <dtml-else> Sorry we did not find a match in our database </dtml-if> But this approach does not work. <dtml-else> is never seen. When I have done this before (using PHP) I could check on the results from $num = mysql_num_rows($queryHandle) I get the feeling I am pounding away with my php hammer when there is a better zope nail out there. What would be the Zope way to do this? -Shan