The docstring for html.py says:url_quote --------- Use for quoting data to be included as part of a URL, for example: '' % url_quote(input) Note that since href is an attribute, its value should usually be quoted with value_quote. To see why this is necessary, consider the URL: http://example.com/?a=1©=0 As a URL this is perfectly valid. However, when placed in an HTML document the string "©" should be interpreted as the copyright character.Wouldn't the string "©" (with a trailing semicolon) be interpreted as the copyright character? In addition, I find the entire Note incomprehensible. Is it just me? :-( --- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech