RE : full featured alter table?

Hello everybody,

> The one thing we don't have that I think would be useful is a 
> way to re-order the columns in a table. Maybe it's just me, 
> but I tend to want column to appear in a specific order, and 
> the only way you can accomplish this today is by re-creating 
> the entire table.

I agree with Jim, this would be a 'cool but not mandatory' feature ! :-)

This feature is not mandatory since I avoid the use SELECT * FROM...
(and I forbid the use of SELECT * to my subordinates).

But, it would be very nice to have the possibility order the different
columns of a table in PostgreSQL. Why ? For example, I use a
reverse-engineering tool that generate graphical database map but that
tool don't give me the possibility to change the display order... So,
this feature would be very nice ! :-)

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Bruno BAGUETTE - pgsql-ml@baguette.net