I would like to know how is sent this sql to the database server. paramColumnA = 10 select * from tableA where columnA = <dtml-sqlvar paramColumA type="string"> so, a) select * from tableA where columnA = 10 or b) select * from tableA where columnA = :param1 and then send the parameters. or c) I dunno I ask that, because of the SQL caching at the DB server... Thanks, Antonio Orlando