Thread: Selecting columns by position?

Hi,

Is there any generic to select columns by position ie

select the first, third, and fifth columns from ....

I can't see anything in SQL...not to sure about
PL/PgSQL...

Thanks

Jerry

Well, a simple example, this is the ninth month,

I have some summaries that display monthly totals,
It would be nice if I could simply print columns
1-n if this is the nth month of the year and the total
for the year...

Jerry

On Sep 7, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Jeffrey Melloy wrote:

> Jerry LeVan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any generic to select columns by position ie
>>
>> select the first, third, and fifth columns from ....
>>
>> I can't see anything in SQL...not to sure about
>> PL/PgSQL...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jerry
>
> No, not really.  What kind of world do you live in where the position
> is more meaningful than the name?
>
> Jeff
>

Jerry LeVan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any generic to select columns by position ie
>
> select the first, third, and fifth columns from ....
>
> I can't see anything in SQL...not to sure about
> PL/PgSQL...
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry

No, not really.  What kind of world do you live in where the position is
more meaningful than the name?

Jeff