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Re: Dynamically change order of fields

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From: Bill Todd
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:24
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AntonE wrote:

> Is there a way to change the order (in the IB metadata) for fields in
> a table?  Similar to IBConsole where you can alter a table & 'push'
> fields up or down?
> 
> Thanks

With recent versions of IB you can change the column order using the
ALTER TABLE statement. I do not recall if this is possible with IB 6 or
not.  The real question is why bother? You can specify any column order
you want in your SELECT statement.

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Bill Todd (TeamB)
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