Re: [Tutor] database question

2007-06-29 Thread Alan Gauld
"Luke Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I've created a database as a shelve, where each value in the shelve > file is > a record class instance that has attributes representing fields. > Let's say I > enter 300 records in the shelve, then I decide to add a field to > future > records, or rem

Re: [Tutor] database question

2006-10-27 Thread Alan Gauld
> For example > with "SELECT * FROM a", I use this code > > ... to know how many columns are in the result, As a general rule its better to avoid "Select * From" in production SQL. If the table definition changes the data returned can change in unexpected ways and break your application. In addi