At 20:39 6/07/2000 -0400, R. David Murray wrote:

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Once you generate an output page, the user views it, and then clicks again, you have a brand new REQUEST object that can only get values from the *new* web page. Others have been tripped by this, expecting the REQUEST fields to automatically carry over from one form to the next. They don't, unless you explicitly put hidden fields into your form to store the variables values for the next REQUEST. But as long as you are still server side and making DTML calls, REQUEST is there.

Maybe I should have mentioned that my bucket gets emptied after each new page is requested...just to keep the analogy going... Thanks for clarifying that - always happy to be corrected, especially if it makes things clearer. - Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael Blewett Computer Support Mgr - Biological Sciences Monash University (Clayton Campus) Victoria Australia 3168 " Can I trade this job for what's behind door #2? "