> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Robert martin <rob@c...> wrote:
>> Excuse my confusion (I haven't been following this thread) but what
>> exactly causes your app to die if you are using a ' Select * ' type
>> query? I can understand a ' select a,b,c ' type would have problems
> if
>> b was removed from the base table. Am I just confused?
>>
>
> Either trying to assign a field value to a field that does not exist or
> trying to assign a non existing value to a field (I forget which gives
> the AV).

Hmmm, if the field does not exist, you can't assign a value to it
when using "Select *" (understandable :-), but you _can_ assign
value to it when using "Select a,b,c" ?? Or what the problem is ?
As Robert, I am confused too.

Ivan