I'm stumped. I need a simple example of how to get an external python method to grok a working zsql query. I have a zsql query which works fine, called showcont, returning the entire contents of a small table. I have a simple external method based on the hint on page 11 of the zsql methods user's guide which implies that an external method should get something useful back from showcont() - I've stripped it to the basics so I expect to get some horrible but familiar text back without adding any python complications - I just want this to work !!! ===========testzsql.py in Extensions directory # testing external methods def test(self): s = '' for cont in showcont(): for contitem in cont: s = s + contitem + '<BR>' return s ========= The external method is loaded into the same folder as the zsql method and function test is called as testzsql. I put a <!--#var testzsql--> into a dtml method and get...tracebacks. Basically, they all point to the fourth line - the showcont() call seems to break. This doesn't seem to work for 1.10.2 or 1.11pr1 - both running under nt4/sp4 using the simple server. At least I get better error messages from the fixed externalmethods in 1.11... Any advice appreciated ! -- Dr Ross Lazarus Associate Professor and Sub-Dean for Information Technology Faculty of Medicine, Room 126A, A27, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia Tel: (+61 2) 93514429 Mobile: +61414872482 Fax: (+61 2) 93516646 Email: rossl@med.usyd.edu.au http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/people/rossl.htm