Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d

From: "Jaime Casanova" <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Ferdinand Gassauer" <gassauer(at)kde(dot)org>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d
Date: 2008-11-23 18:53:27
Message-ID: 3073cc9b0811231053i181d852fyacf684846d3b08d1@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> this patch fixes this and makes the output of \d much more usable.
>
> Calling this a "bug" isn't a good way to start a discussion about it.
>

specially because this *fix* will lead to confusions about the order
of columns in INSERT statements, eventually you will be forced to put
column names in every INSERT statement (ie: if you start to work in an
enterprise with an already implemented postgres database)

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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
Soporte y capacitación de PostgreSQL
Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas
Guayaquil - Ecuador
Cel. +59387171157

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