On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Prathap Pandian <prathapmeister at gmail.com> wrote: > #set($username=$context.user) > #if($username.equals(todoObj.Assignee)) > #end There's a missing $ before todoObj. Thanks to velocity you can also do : #if ($context.user == $todoObj.Assignee) #end -- Jean-Vincent Drean