It seems to me that the factory command in the DB_DataObject database abstraction layer class from PEAR, brings back all fields from the database to PHP. Is that correct? (assuming a single record table) $record = DB_DataObject::factory( 'mytable' ); $record->find(); echo $record->data1 . ' : ' . $record->data2; Doesn't that fetch all the fields, then throw away the ones that aren't needed? It sounds like SELECT * FROM mytable, which we are always told is a Bad Thing. -- Pete Clark
