Hello you all. I´m having problem in using FMT atribute of the DTML-VAR tag in dtml methods. The situation is that when I receive some integer data from a MYSQL database, I get it with a L sufix. That makes it necessary to format the data with <dtml-var key fmt="%d">. Now, the problem is that, sometimes, I need to keep on passing the data over to a few dtml methods, and when ever I need to reformat the data, I get an erro message: " Ilegal argument type for built-in operation.". I need to reformat because the data in the other dtml-methods in the sequece may be being received from the MYSQL database. How coud I reformat the data using <dtml-var key FMT="????">, even if it has already been formated by <dtml-var key fmt="%d">? Thanks, Daniel C. Azevedo