Re: Order columns

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Daniel Seichter <dseichter(at)radiomatic(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Order columns
Date: 2005-04-07 12:36:32
Message-ID: 42552950.7050808@pse-consulting.de
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Daniel Seichter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> isn't there a function for reorder columns of an existing table?

No, and there never will be, this was discussed exhaustively on
pgsql-hackers.
Simply *never-ever* rely on the order of columns of a SELECT *, on any
database system; it's always a call for trouble.

Regards,
Andreas

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