>>>>>>>I need to create a routine of selecting (using SQL Select) only certain fields from a table/cursor. The fields that are to be selected should not be hard coded into the SQL Select.
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>>>>>>>You may want to download Andy's white paper and code samples from his conference session entitled "Class Based Data Management". You will find it on the Tools and Utilities page of our web site. It is a data-driven approcah to wrapping SPT, but it can also be used with native VFP databases.
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>>>>>>Marcia,
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>>>>>>Thank you for your suggestion. But, as you probably can guess why, I will not use any work or documents published by Andy.
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>>>>>Muy bien dicho, Caballero. No se me olvidó tampoco.
>>>>>[ Very well said, Sir. I haven't forgotten either ]
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>>>>Gracias, Gregory.
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>>>I think its a bad idea to not use a resource because you don't approve of the author for personal reasons.
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>>Some of us think it is the only legitimate course of action.
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>>>Nick
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>I didn't agree with AKs and MA's actions but I think professionally you should use the best resource available. (I don't know if the white paper is.)

Well I would read Mein Kamph (sp?) solely to try to gain incite into the author's mind and I would disregard its content entirely.

I feel strongly that social norms trump professionalism in every case. I am saddened that many have seen fit to rationalize otherwise.