I'm trying to do something like this (for tests only): db_register foo/bar baz db_subst foo/bar baz "some value" db_metaget foo/bar baz echo $RET And the answer is some perl error with undefined value (I left the exact error report at home :-() What I'm doing wrong? regards, Jubal -- [ Miros/law L Baran, baran-at-knm-org-pl, neg IQ, cert AI ] [ 0101010 is ] [ BOF2510053411, makabra.knm.org.pl/~baran/, alchemy pany ] [ The Answer ] George Orwell was an optimist.