> <<SQL statement:>> > > UPDATE A1 > SET > A1_Title=<dtml-sqlvar a1_Title type="string">, A quick guess... what about not quoting type="string", e.g. A1_Title=<dtml-sqlvar a1_Title type=string> Have you read http://www.zope.org/Members/jshell/ZSQLMethods-InsertingData ? PieterB