> what is purpose of foAutoAppendAllFields in
> TIBOQuery.FieldOptions ?

A little while back someone wanted to be able to declare a few persistent
TField objects but still have the benefit of allowing other columns in the
SELECT list of the SQL to have their dynamic TField objects created if there
wasn't a persistent one already for it.

HTH,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com