From: "Jeff Rush" <jrush@taupro.com> > As I understand it, the use of __init__ should be avoided when > possible, since it isn't invoked (necessarily) when persistent > objects are reloaded from disk. I'm not sure why that would matter. I'm using __init__ all the time, never had one single problem. Best Regards Lennart Regebro Torped Strategi och Kommunikation AB