return sql.select(db, table, fields, conds, limit, start)

class ColRef:

    '''A reference to a table column'''

    def __init__(self, name, idx):

    # Import col_defaults

    for col, node_ in col_defaults.items():

    # Subset and partition in_table

    # OK to do even if table already the right size because it takes <1 sec.

        if this_ct == 0: break # in_table size is multiple of partition_size

        # Recurse

            col_defaults, in_table)

        if in_row_ct_ref != None: in_row_ct_ref[0] += this_ct

    return pkeys_loc

    col_defaults={}, in_table=None, parent_ids_loc=None, next=None):

            in_table, parent_ids_loc, next)

    def on_error_(e):

        # Parse args

        def wrap_e(e): raise xml_func.SyntaxError(e)

        try:

            require = row['require']

            path = row['path']

        except KeyError, e: wrap_e(e)

        try: next = next[0].name

        except IndexError, e: wrap_e(e)

    in_tables = []

    no_empty = set()

    parent_ids_loc = None # applies to this section

    for out_col, value in row.iteritems():

        # Handle forward pointers

        # Translate values

        if isinstance(value, sql_gen.Col): # value is temp table column

    # Insert children with fkeys to parent

    parent_ids_loc = pkeys_loc # applies to this section

    return pkeys_loc