works excellent. thanks. what does _.int do? does it just make sure the variable is an integer and not a some other type? ---------- >From: <technews@egsx.com> >To: Kyle Burnett <kburnett@ep.newtimes.com> >Cc: Chris McDonough <chrism@digicool.com>, zope <zope@zope.org> >Subject: Re: [Zope] dtml-if >Date: Sun, Dec 5, 1999, 4:11 PM > > <dtml-if "_.int(this_page_start) != _.int(page_start)">