Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Kings-Lynne [mailto:chriskl@familyhealth.com.au] 
> 
> > > Obviously there is cost, but doing a lookup only on 
> demand, has got to be
> > > cheaper in the long run than including the entire column 
> definition in the
> > > message whether it's wanted or not?
> >
> > So if there are 100 fields, should we ask the backend
> > the column name 100 times ?
> 
> No, you do a single select that returns 100 results...

Does a single select mean a fast select ?

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue