Re: Simple Column reordering - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: Simple Column reordering
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Msg-id AFCCBB403D7E7A4581E48F20AF3E5DB201598183@EXADV1.host.magwien.gv.at
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In response to Simple Column reordering  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs wrote:
>>> I propose that at CREATE TABLE time, the column ordering is
re-ordered
>>> so that the table columns are packed more efficiently. This would be
a
>>> physical re-ordering, so that SELECT * and COPY without explicit
column
>>> definitions would differ from the original CREATE TABLE statement.

How about INSERTs without column names? Wouldn't that also cease to
work?

In particular, 'pg_dump --format=plain --inserts' would produce unusable
output unless --attribute-inserts is also given, right?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe


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