diff --git a/Global.cpp b/Global.cpp
index e57e7e6..0fca745 100644
--- a/Global.cpp
+++ b/Global.cpp
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ namespace jet {
    coreutils::ZString Global::getSessionVariable(coreutils::MString &splitName) {
       if(sessions.find(splitName[0]) == sessions.end())
 	throw coreutils::Exception("requested session is not available in variable.");
-      sessions[splitName[0]]->getColumnValue(splitName[1]);
-      return splitName[1];
+      return sessions[splitName[0]]->getColumnValue(splitName[1]);
    }
       
 }
diff --git a/__mysql.cpp b/__mysql.cpp
index d867893..d641b55 100644
--- a/__mysql.cpp
+++ b/__mysql.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@ namespace jet {
    coreutils::ZString __mysql::getColumnValue(coreutils::ZString column) {
       if(column == "#")
 	return NbrOfRows;
-      return NbrOfRows;
+      MYSQL_FIELD *field;
+      for(int ix = 0; ix < qFields; ++ix) {
+	 field = mysql_fetch_field_direct(result, ix);
+	 if(column.equals((char *)field->name)) {
+	    return coreutils::ZString(row[ix], fieldLength[ix]);
+	 }	 
+      }
+      throw coreutils::Exception("column does not exist in session result.");
    }
    
 }
diff --git a/__sql.cpp b/__sql.cpp
index 8511bcc..296af54 100644
--- a/__sql.cpp
+++ b/__sql.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace jet {
    
-   __sql::__sql(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global) : Tag(in, out, global) {
+   __sql::__sql(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global) : Tag(in, parent, global) {
       output = false;
       if(!hasContainer)
 	throw coreutils::Exception("sql tag must have a container.");	
diff --git a/__sql.h b/__sql.h
index 634e2c3..5873513 100644
--- a/__sql.h
+++ b/__sql.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace jet {
    class __sql : public Tag {
    
     public:
-      __sql(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global);
+      __sql(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global);
       
    };
       
diff --git a/jet-2.0 b/jet-2.0
index 0c45f83..476ab51 100755
Binary files a/jet-2.0 and b/jet-2.0 differ
diff --git a/jet-2.0.cpp b/jet-2.0.cpp
index 9f81aa7..2efcf7a 100644
--- a/jet-2.0.cpp
+++ b/jet-2.0.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       coreutils::MString out;   
       jet::__jet *jet = new jet::__jet(data, out, global); 
       delete jet;  
-      std::cout << out;
+      std::cout << "----------------------\n" << out;
    }
    catch(coreutils::Exception e) {
       std::cout << "Error caught: " << e.text << std::endl;      
diff --git a/testjet.jet b/testjet.jet
index 05b08c0..c703888 100755
--- a/testjet.jet
+++ b/testjet.jet
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
  $[nonexistant]
  <mysql host="localhost" database="barant" user="barant" password="uversa" sessionid="1">
   <sql sessionid="1">select * from testdata</sql>
-  $[1.text]
-  $[1.value]
+  $[1.id] $[1.text] $[1.value]
  </mysql>
  <set name="ix" value="1" />
  <set name="theexpr" expr="SUBSTRING('abcdefg', 1, 3)" />
- <set name=\"theexpr2\" expr=\"5+3\" />
+ <set name="theexpr2" expr="5+3" />
  theexpr=($[theexpr])
  theexpr2($[theexpr2])
  <set name="varname$[ix]" value="vardata" scope="global" />