------ art_11776_25042062.1203936804861 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hold up a second there; Yes. What would you like it to return? The point is, you're doing > d.secret_code -- you're saying the secret code *is* 3, so actually > setting it to something else is a bit misleading, don't you think? I clearly missed the boat here. I didn't know Ruby always returned the rval of the expression. You learn something new every day. :) Sorry for biting. Arlen ------ art_11776_25042062.1203936804861--