Hi there, The macro with-connection doesn't seem to work as I would expect. It seems two macros were merged... I am curious as to why the following definition is used: (defmacro with-connection (spec &body body) "Like with-connection, but evaluate the specification list." `(let ((*database* (apply #'connect ,spec))) (unwind-protect (progn ,@body) (disconnect *database*)))) Note the documentation above. I think a more standard "with-" macro doesn't evaluate the spec (like below). (defmacro with-connection (spec &body body) "Like with-connection, but evaluate the specification list." `(let ((*database* (connect ,@spec))) (unwind-protect (progn ,@body) (disconnect *database*)))) What's the reasoning here? -Luke