public function toString()
 {
     $str = "";
     $field_added = false;
     foreach ($this->fields as $field => $name) {
         //			echo $field . "=" . $this->fields[$field] . "<br>";
         if ($field_added) {
             // for the second time onwards ...
             $str .= "<br>";
             // for nice display
         }
         $str .= $field . myBaseObject::FIELD_EQUAL . myBaseObject::encode($this->fields[$field]);
         $field_added = true;
     }
     return $str;
 }