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From: A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Alter Table
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:46:41 +0100
Message-ID: <20070315134641.GB30222@a-kretschmer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00de01c76706$d37d56e0$1102a8c0@dream>
References: <00de01c76706$d37d56e0$1102a8c0@dream>

am  Thu, dem 15.03.2007, um 14:35:41 +0100 mailte Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe folgendes:
> When i alter a table and add a new column it always adds it to the end of the
> table. Is there any way to tell it to add the new column at the 5th position or
> to add the new column after a surtain column.

No, but you can (and should) define the column-order in the select-statement.

Other solutions:
- define a VIEW
- recreate the table


Andreas
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