Here's a quickie. If you're using MySQL and return integers, you'll see L added to the end of your numbers (it's a Python thing!) Try this <dtml-var result fmt="%u"> et volia!, no L added to the end of your numbers... Ithangyu. Tone. ------ Dr Tony McDonald, FMCC, Networked Learning Environments Project http://nle.ncl.ac.uk/ The Medical School, Newcastle University Tel: +44 191 222 5888 Fingerprint: 3450 876D FA41 B926 D3DD F8C3 F2D0 C3B9 8B38 18A2