Newbie question on RecID

[Keith DeLong]

Hi Ruslan,

>>> I am able to make it work by doing
>>> 
>>> "select RecID,* from recipes"
>>> 
>>> but not
>>> 
>>> "select ** from recipes"
>> 
>> If you'll post the code in context, perhaps it will become more clear why
>> you're seeing these results.
> 
> I do not think that SELECT **
> Select also RecID.

I stand corrected. I just checked ViSQL and right you are. (Sorry Rick,).
SELECT ** selects baseobject fields and methods. RecID must be explicitly
selected.

Ruslan, it'd be great if RecID was included in SELECT **. Is there a
technical or practical reason not to include it?