[Zope] Python Script problems: attribute-less object (assign or del)

Hi, I am trying to create a python script which gathers info from a sql database using get_items (a ZSQLMethod). The first thing it needs to do is if item.name is empty, give item.name the value of item.name2. I get the following error msg when running the complete script, Error Type: TypeError Error Value: attribute-less object (assign or del) the assignment of name2 to name is the problem but I don't understand why. Can someone point me in the right direction please. for item in container.get_items(): if item.name=='': item.name = item.name2 Thanks for your help Richard