If you need to call one action, have it do some preparatory work, and then call another action, what''s the proper way to do this? It appears render_component will work, but the docs say it''s expensive and should be avoided. Thanks for the help. BA -- B.A. Baracus: I thought you weren''t crazy no more? Murdock: Only on paper. -- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your mailbox.