hi phil, thanks for trying to help, just i get the following error message . my Zsql-method uses these two parameter names and the code is: --------------------------- result=s.Zope.operate.xmlrpc.prd_sql_method(1, '1996-02-01') # error if len(results)>0: print 'found records: ' else: print 'no records' for record in results: print record[0] --------------------- Traceback (innermost last): File "./ip-prd_get-0.0.2.py", line 33, in ? result=s.Zope.operate.xmlrpc.prd_sql_method(1, '1996-02-01') # error File "./xmlrpclib.py", line 547, in __call__ return self.__send(self.__name, args) File "./xmlrpclib.py", line 630, in __request request File "./xmlrpclib.py", line 585, in request return self.parse_response(h.getfile()) File "./xmlrpclib.py", line 601, in parse_response return u.close() File "./xmlrpclib.py", line 371, in close raise apply(Fault, (), self._stack[0]) xmlrpclib.Fault: <Fault -2: "Unexpected Zope error value: ['fac_id_only', 'date']"> have a nice weekend olaf -- soli-con Engineering Zanger, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Olaf Marc Zanger Lorrainestrasse 23, 3013 Bern / Switzerland fon:+41-31-332 9782, mob:+41-76-572 9782 mailto:olaf.zanger@soli-con.com, http://www.soli-con.com