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   Michael Kennedy to All   
   Re: Pdox 4.0 Field reference   
   06 Jun 07 09:29:11   
   
   From: Info@KennedySoftware.ie   
      
   > I think it's a little odd to have to use these arbitrary tokens to   
   > refer to fields rather than the field names themselves. Maybe it will   
   > make more sense after I use the method for a while.   
      
      1. You can use very short IDs on the fields, say, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5   
      
      2. Your query might involve 10 tables, and many of the tables might   
   have a field called "Code", and they might refer to very different   
   "codes"...   
      
      3. etc...   
      
   Mike   
      
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