Re: Order of columns within a table

No,
completely wrong.
The steps with the temp table are preventing such problem.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

JD <mail_at_mail.com> schreef in berichtnieuws CnR_4.175349$VR.2784632_at_news5.giganews.com...
> It sounds like I'll lose all existing data. Is that correct?
>
> Brian Peasland <peasland_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov> wrote in message
> news:393BA5BE.279FA233_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov...
> > In relational database theory, rows and columns have no order for a
> > table when they are stored. In practice, this is not true as you have
> > found out. But one's applications should stick to this theory and not
> > rely on the stored order of things.
> >
> > Anyway, you can copy the table, drop the original, and copy back if you
> > want to change the order:
> > CREATE TABLE temp_table AS SELECT * FROM orig_table;
> > DROP orig_table;
> > CREATE TABLE orig_table AS SELECT * FROM temp_table;
> > You'll also have to recreate indexes and constraints.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > JD wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using 7.3.4 and would like to be able to change the order of the
 colums
> > > (there are about 25) in a table. A front-end program I use queries the
> > > database and displays the columns in the same order as they are in the
> > > schema manager. I can change the order of the columns after I run the
 query,
> > > but it would be nice to re-arrange them so that I could put the more
 usefule
> > > information towards the top. Thanks for any help.
> >
> > --
> > ========================================
> > Brian Peasland
> > Raytheons Systems at
> > USGS EROS Data Center
> > These opinions are my own and do not
> > necessarily reflect the opinions of my
> > company!
> > ========================================
>
>
Received on Mon Jun 05 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT