Hello, This is just an idea, DataObject already store most information about the fields, there is still a feature that is really useful during input validation, this is field max length for varchar fields. Do you think it is possibile to store also this important piece of information into .ini file? Such values could be used in the validate() function to check user input length on text fields. -- Alessandro Pasotti ICQ# 245871392 Linux User #167502 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php