All, I have created a form which allows me to edit the contents of a database table. To create the text fields I use something like this: <input type=text name=blah value="<dtml-var column_name null="">"> The problem is that when the column is null, I get "None" in my text field. The the discussion of the null="" attribute in the DTML document makes it sound as though the special Python value None is taken care of. This seems like a terribly elementary question. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks, Jim ____________ Jim Cain, System Administrator ___ / ________ \ http://jec.mgmt-inc.com / / / / ______ \ \ _________ _______ _________ __/ /__ / / / __ \ \ \ / _ _ \ / ___ \ / _ _ \/_ ___/ / / / /_/ / / // // // // /__/ // // // / / /___ \ \ \___,_ \/ //__//__//__/ \____ //__//__//__/ \_____/, inc. \ \______\____/ _____/ / \_______/ \______/ http://www.mgmt-inc.com