[FX.php List] Performance hit for unpopulated fields on layouts?

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Hi Folks,

I'm working on a project where I will allow clients to build their 
own fx.php powered web pages by having them selecting from a list of 
available fmp fields in a database.  In order to provide flexibility, 
there might be twice as many fields on a layout than the user might 
select.  The system will then build the fx.php page from the selected 
fields. The unused fields would remain on the layout.

The question I have is regarding the performance hit.  If the unused 
fields remain on the layout, but stay unpopulated (no data), would 
the performance suffer?

Just out of curiosity, would this same scenario cause a problem in MySQL?

Thanks,

Jonathan




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