Re: Selecting columns by position?

From: Jeffrey Melloy <jmelloy(at)visualdistortion(dot)org>
To: Jerry LeVan <jerry(dot)levan(at)eku(dot)edu>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Selecting columns by position?
Date: 2004-09-07 21:32:29
Message-ID: 413E28ED.2000505@visualdistortion.org
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Jerry LeVan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any generic to select columns by position ie
>
> select the first, third, and fifth columns from ....
>
> I can't see anything in SQL...not to sure about
> PL/PgSQL...
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry

No, not really. What kind of world do you live in where the position is
more meaningful than the name?

Jeff

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