Is there any way to retrieve the table and database associated with each column in a resultset? Also, I haven't been able to find anywhere that outlines the functionality goals of Ruby DBI vis a vis other database APIs. It would be quite nice if the goal of Ruby DBI was parity with JDBC or ODBC rather than parity with Perl DBI (which is just barely good enough for rudimentary database programming). ------------------------------------------------------- David King Landrith (w) 617.227.4469x213 (h) 617.696.7133 One useless man is a disgrace, two are called a law firm, and three or more become a congress -- John Adams ------------------------------------------------------- public key available upon request