On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 12:16 +0100, Sam Mason wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:24:49AM +0200, vinny wrote: > > I can't really think of any real reason to put the field at a > > particular position, applications don't reallty care about the order > > of fields. > > Because it's very convenient for ad-hoc queries! PG currently assumes > that the column order is the same as when it was created but there are > (unimplemented) suggestions about how to "fix" this. See for example: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-12/msg00983.php > > -- > Sam http://samason.me.uk/ >
But how is it convenient exactly, is it just a timesaver so you can SELECT * instead of having to type SELECT firstname, lastname, email? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
