> >I need to retrieve an empty resultset with all fields of a given table. I
> >tried the two following queries :
>
> If you need only fields definition, there is no need to open
> dataset. Prepare is quite enough.

I believe this depends on what connectivity set you're using.
For example, this works fine with all Firebird connectivity sets,
but doesn't for, say, ADO or ODBC.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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