   def lookupChdbid( tableName, dbid=nil )
      getSchema(dbid) if dbid
      unmodifiedTableName = tableName.dup
      @chdbid = findElementByAttributeValue( @chdbids, "name", formatChdbidName( tableName ) )
      if @chdbid
         @dbid = @chdbid.text
         return @dbid
      end
      if @chdbids
         chdbidArray = findElementsByAttributeName( @chdbids, "name" )
         chdbidArray.each{ |chdbid|
            if chdbid.has_text?
               dbid = chdbid.text
               getSchema( dbid )
               name = getResponseElement( "table/name" )
               if name and name.has_text? and name.text.downcase == unmodifiedTableName.downcase
                  @chdbid = chdbid
                  @dbid = dbid
                  return @dbid
               end
            end
         }
      end
      nil
   end
