Order of columns in a table

From: Helmut Daiminger <hdaiminger_at_vivonet.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:22:08 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002FFCB3.20010510110119@fatcity.com>

Hi!

How can I find out what the order of columns in a table is?

If I do a select * from tablename, the columns appear in a specific order. The same order than they appear when I do a describe tablename.

I can even do an insert without specifying the columns in my VALUES (.....,....) when they are in that specific order.

How and where can I find the order of the columns within a table?

Any ideas?

Yhis is 8.1.6 on Win2k.

Thanks,
Helmut

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