From: Erik Veenstra Date: 2005-10-19T16:01:58+09:00 Subject: Re: bad String blows up world using length method!!!!!!!!! > if contentvariable.size then Apart from the problem you described, this code will always resolve to true: zero is true, not false. You could use "contentvariable.empty?" instead. gegroet, Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/