Will Smith wrote: >> I guess I am looking for something like the >> context.REQUEST.get('name', None) > > > Hmm, good idea.....Sorry I guess I answered my own queston. > > error python:errors.get(fieldName, None) ZPT also has special syntax for just this: "errors/name | nothing" -- Ian Bicking / ianb at colorstudy.com / http://blog.ianbicking.org