> 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) Actually I think you can also get a list. 'Cos it was late last night and I was fixing a bug, and I still havent figured which cvs branch / tag I'm meant to be on now 2.6 is out :) -- Andy McKay www.agmweb.ca