Re: Adding a New Column Specifically In a Table

From: Peter Geoghegan <peter(dot)geoghegan86(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: rod(at)iol(dot)ie
Cc: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, Carlos Mennens <carlos(dot)mennens(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Adding a New Column Specifically In a Table
Date: 2010-10-14 12:02:34
Message-ID: AANLkTik-uyW75gMx_48GxL+VCyiU-yvj8eZnJihuoW00@mail.gmail.com
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On 14 October 2010 12:07, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:
> Indeed - as others have said, depending on a specific column ordering in the
> database is asking for trouble.

Yes, it certainly is (in fact, 1NF says that there should be no order
to the columns), but it still annoys me that I cannot re-order columns
on purely aesthetic grounds.

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Regards,
Peter Geoghegan

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