Re: Oracle - Column Order

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:41:48 +0200
Message-ID: <3rcal117rj1q386v8lud9uo5fjagf2a612@4ax.com>

On 18 Oct 2005 03:28:02 -0700, "Billy" <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote:

>But then this not something that the OP has likely in mind?
>Conceptually - agree whole heartedly: the order of columns in a table
>has *NO* significance to application development, developers and
>end-users.

Too bad the column order actually DOES matter, as it takes time to traverse a record: the exact position of a column in a record can only be retrieved by traversing all previous columns.

--
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Tue Oct 18 2005 - 12:41:48 CDT