Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Jaime Casanova
Subject Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d
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Msg-id 3073cc9b0811231053i181d852fyacf684846d3b08d1@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: BUG #4547: sort columns in \d  (Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer@kde.org>)
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
>> this patch fixes this and makes the output of \d much more usable.
>
> Calling this a "bug" isn't a good way to start a discussion about it.
>

specially because this *fix* will lead to confusions about the order
of columns in INSERT statements, eventually you will be forced to put
column names in every INSERT statement (ie: if you start to work in an
enterprise with an already implemented postgres database)


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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
Soporte y capacitaci=F3n de PostgreSQL
Asesor=EDa y desarrollo de sistemas
Guayaquil - Ecuador
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