Some help with CFINPUT please?

[cfStarlight]

the database has to look up every column you type in, just to verify that it actually ~is~ a column in the table(s) you're referencing

Of course it does, but the less information you give it .. the more looking it has to do. I hope you are not saying that retrieving _all_ column details is just as efficient as looking for specific columns. Cause if you are I'd like to see some docs on that. I'm happy to be proven wrong, but I want some docs to prove it ! ;-)