In my calendar Quixote app, I would like to default the time when someone clicks to create a new appointment. If they click the "add" link in the 9:00a box, then the appointment start time should default to 9:00a. If I pass the parameter 9:00a to the appointment form as a query string, then Quixote turns the QUERY_STRING into form variables. When the form's handle() method is called, since there is data in the request.form, Quixote considers the form as being submitted, and branches to the action method, rather than the render method. This seems like a common use case that (to me, at least) Quixote did not react to as expected. However, I don't have any clever suggestions for how to do it differently. Hopefully, I'm missing something simple. Regards, -- Mark Bucciarelli, www.hubcapconsulting.com He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me. -- Thomas Jefferson