Hi all, as a newbie to both python and zope i am struggling with understanding the howto and the syntax of accessing stuff in namespace eg I would like to build a table depending on some tests peformed on stuff returned form a Z SQL method 1. I have a form with a name="spam" value="egs" this value is passed onto next dtml document --------------------------------- table <tr> <td><dtml-var spam> <td> // displays 'eggs' to test spam is OK </tr> <dtml-var sqlstuff> // this does a join of two tables <dtml-in sqlstuff> <dtml-if {CAN'T WORK OUT SYNTAX TO ACCESS spam to compare with lets say sqlstuff.spam} <tr><td><dtml-var sqlstuff.column></td>....etc </dtml-if> </dtml-in> ---------------------------------------------- I have read DTML Reference but dtml-if says "a valid python expression" Can I still access spam inside the dtml-in if so how <dtml-var spam>, spam 'spam', ['spam'] and then how do i refer to a table column name returned in the SQL query to make the comparison TIA brad