Heiko Stoermer wrote:

How can I access parent objects (and their methods), preferrably starting at some toplevel folder?

E.g. my DTML Method lives in /1/1.1/1.1.1/obj from obj I need to call, or access, or whatever, some SQL-Query that's in /1/1.2/sql_meth 1 |_1.1 | |_1.1.1 | |_obj |_1.2 |_sql_meth

I think it must be done with namespaces but I don't get it. Additionally I would like to avoid relative addressing (such as ../../../../ ) but rather start at the top level.

If the actual names are like what you have above, then you could use: <!--#in "_['1.2'].sql_method()"--> ... That is, you acquire '1.2' and invole it's 'sql_method' method. If you had names like: A |_A_A | |_A_A_A | |_obj |_A_B |_sql_meth it would be a little prettier: <!--#in "A_B.sql_method()"--> ... Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Python Powered! Technical Director (888) 344-4332 http://www.python.org Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.zope.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.