Re: retrieving only specified fields ?

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colm-cdbi@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx:
> Can I ask why you can't just disregard the fields you don't want?
> Surely the overheads associated with getting them and not using them are minimal?

Maybe if some of the columns are big heavy BLOBs...

raptor: See the section on "LAZY POPULATION" in the documentation; this
explains how to specify which columns will be pre-loaded and which fetched on
demand.

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