Re: Simple Column reordering

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 09:46 +0100, Guillaume Smet wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On 2/23/07, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.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