I think you are missing a variable name for session.counter in return.
e.g. return dict(message="Hello", counter=session.counter) On 15 May 2012 13:56, Gerald Klein <jk121...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am working through the tutorial on the web2py site, checking web2py out > and I keep getting errors for things I can't see. Like > > type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'> non-keyword arg after keyword arg > (default.py, line 14) > That code does not exist on the page. The prior code is: > *def index():** session.counter = (session.counter or 0) + 1* * > return dict(message="hello", session.counter)* > > > the last line is line 14? > > Does anyone have an idea of what this is? > > thanks > > --jerry > >