Re: i have table

On 10/4/06, Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com> wrote:
>
> There is one non-SQL related reason that I like to be able to order
> columns, at least the way they are displayed whenever the table is
> described: human comprehension. For example, I like to group all keys
> in a table before data, that includes primary as well as foreign keys.
> So, say I'm building on to an existing application and I need to do an
> ALTER TABLE on an existing table to add a foreign key to an existing
> table. I'd like that key to be listed with the other keys, but
> presently that's not possible in a simple way and, to be honest, I
> usually just go without as the process you've described below is too
> prone to user (human) error when dealing with live, sensitive data for
> me to want to mess with it.

Ah, but it is possible... if you use views.

I recommend you build views and query off them. Then you can control the
order the columns will appear.

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