> (unless I missed it the other day). You'd think there'd be a simple > catalog.hasColumn('foo') call, but there isnt. Instead you have to do > catalog._catalog.schema.has_key('foo'). > If this is the only and correct code to check this, why not modifing the API: def hasColumn(self, colName): return self._catalog.schema.has_key(colName) ??? Regards, Dirk