A quick question, which executes faster ? Suppose i have a table with 6 fields and I need to use all of the info in the table, SELECT * FROM $table_name WHERE id = \"$id\" or SELECT field1, field2, field3, field4, field5, field6 FROM $table_name WHERE id = \"$id\" I understand that they do the same thing. Just wondered if there is a difference in execution speeds. I realize that its probably trivial, but I'm curious. thanks olinux