Re: request - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From John Hansen
Subject Re: request
Date
Msg-id 5066E5A966339E42AA04BA10BA706AE50A92F7@rodrick.geeknet.com.au
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In response to request  ("Llewellyn Falco" <isidore@setgame.com>)
List pgsql-bugs
>=09
>    It is really hard to currently alter table schema.
>
>    Particularly the order of the table schema.
>
>    to move a column position is very hard. worse if your table as
references (and which proper=20
>     tables don't ?)

=09=20
Doesn't that in itself promote bad programming?
Relying on the order of columns is a bad thing(tm), imo.


>    I would really like postgres to model the alter syntax of mysql,
which is really easy to modify=20
>    table schema especially to include the AFTER col_name  part.
>
>    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/alter-table.html
>
>
>    thanks,
>
>    Llewellyn.
>
>=09

... John

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