Just thought I'd drop a note: You may be interested in the mxURL package for dealing with URL, URIs or whatever you call them ;-): http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxURL.html -- Marc-Andre Lemburg CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH ______________________________________________________________________ Company & Consulting: http://www.egenix.com/ Python Software: http://www.egenix.com/files/python/