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From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Alter Table
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In response to Alter Table  ("Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe" <shavonne.marietta@studioform.it>)
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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


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