> > Obviously there is cost, but doing a lookup only on demand, has got to be > > cheaper in the long run than including the entire column definition in the > > message whether it's wanted or not? > > So if there are 100 fields, should we ask the backend > the column name 100 times ?
No, you do a single select that returns 100 results... Then you cache them in your frontend... Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
