| From: | "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Guillaume Smet" <guillaume(dot)smet(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Simple Column reordering |
| Date: | 2007-02-23 09:18:47 |
| Message-ID: | 1172222327.3874.275.camel@silverbirch.site |
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On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 09:46 +0100, Guillaume Smet wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> On 2/23/07, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > If this is standards-breaking as you say, I would withdraw immediately.
> > I checked the SQL standard and could not see how this would do so. The
> > standard states SELECT * would return columns in order; it doesn't say
> > what that order should be, nor does CREATE TABLE enforce the ordering to
> > be the same as it has specified, AFAICS. Please correct me and I will
> > withdraw.
>
> Phil Currier seems to have a preliminary proposition so I think we
> should wait for his patch.
That is exactly what I've said also, so it is good we agree.
I had read that Phil had declined to work on it further; I hope he
changes his mind on that.
--
Simon Riggs
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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