Compact?

[Ken Ray]

> You always can do, and should do
>     
>     SELECT FirstName, MiddleName, InsertedField, LastName
> 
> But not 
>     
>     SELECT *

So the suggestion is to type hundreds of extra characters every time I
do a query when a single character will do? Some of my tables have 30
fields or so, and I need every one of them in my query, and I have
dozens of queries in my application... although this may make sure I
don't have a problem when new fields are added, it's a real pain in the
neck.

I'm going to stay with my kludge until a better solution comes down the
pike some time in the future.

Thanks for the suggestion, though,


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/