josh on writes:

<dtml-with 979226100> This interprets "979226100" as a name! <dtml-var attribute> </dtml-with>

This doesn't: <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('userid', 979226100)"> This interprets "979226100" as an integer.

You could use <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('userid', _.getitem('979226100'))"> Dieter