Re: column order

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: column order
Date: 2006-05-24 13:36:28
Message-ID: 20060524133628.GG11775@webserv.wug-glas.de
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am 24.05.2006, um 21:54:25 +0900 mailte Michael Glaesemann folgendes:
>
> On May 24, 2006, at 11:54 , nuno wrote:
>
> >does postgresql guarantee you that
> >the columns in the result set would be ordered
> >as specified in the query (i.e. id, firstname, lastname, dob) ?
>
> No. If you want a specific order, use the ORDER BY clause.

Moment. If he say: 'select col1, col2, col3 ...', then in the result the
column-order ist col1, col2, col3. If he want to sort the rows on col1,
then he need the ORDER BY.

HTH, Andreas
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