Re: change attnum in pg_catalog.pg_attribute - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: change attnum in pg_catalog.pg_attribute
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Msg-id 26181.1112724781@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to change attnum in pg_catalog.pg_attribute  (somee <grzegorz.przezdziecki@polskiesklepy.pl>)
Responses Re: change attnum in pg_catalog.pg_attribute  (Grzegorz Przeździecki<Grzegorz.Przezdziecki@PolskieSklepy.pl>)
Re: change attnum in pg_catalog.pg_attribute  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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somee <grzegorz.przezdziecki@polskiesklepy.pl> writes:
> I want to change column order in select * from table instruction;
> I can do that changing attnum but I don't know it is safely or not for
> system.

It won't work and will likely crash the backend.

            regards, tom lane

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