Jim Nasby wrote:
> On 2/27/15 2:49 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >Tomas Vondra wrote:
> >
> >>1) change the order of columns in "SELECT *"
> >>
> >> - display columns so that related ones grouped together
> >> (irrespectedly whether they were added later, etc.)
>
> FWIW, I find the ordering more important for things like \d than SELECT *.
Logical column ordering is (or should be) used in all places where
column lists are expanded user-visibly. \d would be one of those.
Think column order in the output of a JOIN also, for instance -- they
must follow logical column order.
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