@check_perm('administrate') def edit(self): news_q = model.Session.query(model.News) c.item = news_q.filter_by(id = c.id).one() c.form_defaults = c.item # <- Doesn't work right, what does? return render('news/edit.mako') # Result: # >> context.write(unicode(h.text_field('title', value=c.form_defaults['title'] or ''))) # : 'News' object is unsubscriptable