Re: Regarding column reordering project for GSoc 2012

Excerpts from Atri Sharma's message of sáb mar 17 05:39:10 -0300 2012:
> Hi All,
>
> I am Atri Sharma.I am a C developer with experience in database
> designing and database management systems.I have worked with
> MySql,Oracle and other database systems.I have designed databases for
> various projects as well.
>
> I would be interested in developing the column reordering project by a
> single ALTER command.I have an idea in mind that would solve
> theproblem in a very easy way.

This is far too complex to be done in a GSoC project.

I don't see how having a middle layer client-side would fix anything.
You'd need to explain how it'd work, but to me that description sounds
bogus.

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