> > Obviously there is cost, but doing a lookup only on demand, has got to be
> > cheaper in the long run than including the entire column definition in the
> > message whether it's wanted or not?
>
> So if there are 100 fields, should we ask the backend
> the column name 100 times ?
No, you do a single select that returns 100 results...
Then you cache them in your frontend...
Chris