I am programming a purchase order system, using MySQL as a backend. I am new to Zope, but have much experience in RDBMS, some ASP.NET, etc. Currently firmly entrenched in Linux. I am attempting to develop a standard methodology for accessing my databases. I have created ZSQL methods for searching/insert/delete/update. I am using ZPT's. I have a single Script(Python) which processes data requests using an if,elif tree. The idea is simple: all data submit buttons are named btnDataCommand. The value of the button determines which action the script performs. Record ID's are passed via hidden form fields. I would ideally like to have this single python script perform all ZSQL method calls. To me it just makes sense to have all your update logic in a single script. Right now I perform inserts, deletes, and updates directly in this script. However, when it comes to fetching data and displaying it in a ZPT, I have hit a brick wall. Right now I am passing the ZPT a record ID, and having the ZPT call the ZSQL method to retrieve its own data. Example: elif datacommand == "Edit": vendorID = request.get("vendor_id") page = context.addeditVendor_html(record=vendorID) return page I would prefer something like this: elif datacommand == "Edit": vendorID = request.get("vendor_id") results = searchVendors_sql(VendID=vendorID) page = context.addeditVendor_html(dataset=results) return page My problem is this: How can I, from a python script, pass a result set which has been returned from a ZSQL method, on to a ZPT, so that I do not have to call the ZSQL method within the ZPT file which is displaying the data? I tried passing the result set as an option to the ZPT, but it shows up empty in the ZPT. The options container is not well documented, but apparently it is a simple tuple, and will not allow you to put an arbitrary object in the "value" side.