Hello all, I have a username variable luser: luser = win32api.GetUserName I need to insert it into the following to replace the hardcoded "johndoe" in the pathname of GIS.GIS.Parcels: GIS_GIS_Parcels = "Database Connections\\johndoe at GIS_srv-earth.sde\\GIS.GIS.Cadastral\\GIS.GIS.Parcels" Thanks in advance, plsullivan