Noam wrote:

> I've read the Elixir tutorial, and I wondered how with_fields() knows
> the order in which fields were declared, since they are passed to the
> function as a dictionary.

It doesn't.

> If it doesn't know the order, isn't it a drawback of this method,
> compared to has_field?

Yes.

> I think that generally graphical database frontends should keep the
> order in which fields were declared when displaying a table, rather
> than randomly order the columns - I think it's easier to comprehend
> the data that way.

I agree in principle, and this is why I always use `has_field` rather
than `with_fields`.

Good luck -

--
Jonathan LaCour
http://cleverdevil.org

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