You're right, it's not worth it.

>>When I do the following:
>>

Select * FROM SomeTable INTO ARRAY laARRAY WHERE bla-bla-bla

>>Is there some way to refer to the columns in the array based on the names of the fields in the table? Or, must I simply know the order of the columns in the table, and use an appropriate index number?
>>
>You can but I'm not sure if it worth it.

USE (HOME(2) + "\data\products")
>Select * FROM products INTO ARRAY laARRAY
>AFIELDS(laFields, "products")
>* Product Name
>lnRow = 1
>lnCol4ProdName = ASCAN(laFields, "Prod_Name", -1, -1, 1,1+2+4+8)
>? laARRAY[lnRow, lnCol4ProdName]
>

Another way

#DEFINE lnCol4ProdNAme 2
>? laARRAY[lnRow, lnCol4ProdName]