>computers are ample fast enough to look up columns by name! Sure, but depending on number of records and/or implementation of the name lookup, it can add up o

>computers are ample fast enough to look up columns by name! Sure, but depending on number of records and/or implementation of the name lookup, it can add up over a large resultset, or have a slightly cost over many smaller queries. Mind you, I think -most- implementations are smart enough to only need to do the lookup once for a returned datareader, but the cost is still there.