Re: Order of columns in a table

select table_name, column_name from dba_tab_columns where table_name = 'SOMETABLE' order by column_id ;

The column order is the same as you'd see with describe or select *

You can eliminate VALUES from insert when inserting a value (or null) for each column and in the proper order.

Helmut Daiminger wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> How can I find out what the order of columns in a table is?
>
> If I do a select * from tablename, the columns appear in a specific order.
> The same order than they appear when I do a describe tablename.
>
> I can even do an insert without specifying the columns in my VALUES
> (.....,....) when they are in that specific order.
>
> How and where can I find the order of the columns within a table?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Yhis is 8.1.6 on Win2k.
>
> Thanks,
> Helmut
>
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