Re: R: Field's position in Table - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: R: Field's position in Table
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Msg-id 20090824202619.GJ5962@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: R: Field's position in Table  (Adam Rich <adam.r@sbcglobal.net>)
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Adam Rich wrote:

> For me, saying all new fields must go at the end of the table is like
> saying all new functions must go at the end of your C source file. 
> Not that it makes *any* difference to the end user, or other
> applications using your libraries, but as developers we tend to
> be more organized than the general public.

Just because we don't have it implemented does not make it a bad idea.
I think (and others do as well) it's a good idea to be able to handle
this; it's just that nobody has gotten around to implement it.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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