You may not have a column name; it might be a calculated column; for example, count(*)
g -----Original Message----- From: John Machin [mailto:sjmac...@lexicon.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:05 PM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] drop table question ? On 4/02/2009 12:37 AM, Brad Stiles wrote: >>> For my own edification, why the "order by 1" clause? >> To sort them in ascending order of table name, which might make >> old-fashioned capers like visual scrutiny a little easier. > > OK then, why would one not use the column name? Maybe because one is an obscurantist sometimes :-) _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
