ANSWER FOUND By updating the datasource's "Max Connection Pooling" property to 0, each change to the db is reflected dynamically on the next front-end page refresh. This is exactly how I expected "select *" to work... find the columns real time and gimme 'em all.
Thank you Brian Rinaldi for your answer!! Totally saved the day. And tomorrow and at good week or two of testing the 524 legacy *s not to mention all the typing involved in spelling out columns... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254618 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

