Suggestion: for python-python data transfer and storage XML-RPC is overkill. Python already has marshal which will be a lot faster and I think do the same thing. Also, if you haven't, please have a look at what I did using gadfly and cgi. I know it's more conventional and hence boring, but nevertheless... http://starship.skyport.net/crew/aaron_watters/kwParsing/chatcgi.cgi (source included). -- Aaron Watters