To all Zopists, I would like to use an External Method to access a record field from a ZSQL method by referencing another field in the record. If I set the External Method up such as: def viewfield(self,reference_field,search_value,field_value): where: reference_field = So that I can tell it the field I want to reference search_value = The value of the reference_field to query field_value = The value of the returned field, that I was looking for Do I use a "return" or a "result" or something else? I still don't have a handle on python yet, so I'm not sure what to put on the second line of the method. Thanks for all the help so far, and thanks for the help on this, in advance. virtually, Joseph A. Archer IT Coordinator Facilities Management James Madison University archerja@jmu.edu