Hello all, I haven't been using MySQL very long. I'm more in the 'playing with it' stage, trying to learn all the in's and out's. So, here is my current dilemma: I want to be able to reference (select) a field/column by it's position in the table rather than by the field's name. Is there a way to do this? To me, the logical syntax would be something like - "select field(3) from event1". But I've tried that with no success. I know the 'down and dirty' way of doing it. But I'm lazy and would prefer the shortcut. The program I am looking to develop would require MANY queries that 'describe table_name' to get the field names associated with the positions in the table. If this can't be done, then so be it. It would just save me a very large headache if it's out there and available. Thanks in advance for your help, Kay Bowen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
