Re: alter table add column - specify where the column will go?

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: Derrick Rice <derrick(dot)rice(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: alter table add column - specify where the column will go?
Date: 2010-11-24 19:50:05
Message-ID: 06C8D971-9C29-42F4-9945-1A6DB30A8826@elevated-dev.com
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On Nov 24, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Derrick Rice wrote:
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> Even if an example doesn't exist, you can at least imagine a scenario where an improvement to postgresql is made such that the column order is decided internally, rather than by table definition.

Not when SQL compatibility requires that the order be maintained.

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