Re: Getting columns in DB order

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From: Sam Tregar
Subject: Re: Getting columns in DB order
Date: 17:40 on 14 Jun 2005

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

> The "order" of columns in a table is supposed to be an implementation
> detail, irrelevant to all well-written code.  Why do you care?

Do you carry that philosophy into your UI as well?  This CSV data will
end up in Excel for analysis outside my app.  Do you really think
column order doesn't matter there?

> Just name the columns in the order that you want them.

These names aren't arbitrary.  I can't just rename "city" to "10_city"
and pretend no-one will notice!

-sam

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Getting columns in DB order
Sam Tregar 17:06 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
merlyn (Randal L. Schwartz) 17:35 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
Sam Tregar 17:40 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
merlyn (Randal L. Schwartz) 17:46 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
Sam Tregar 17:49 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
David Baird 20:03 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
merlyn (Randal L. Schwartz) 17:47 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
merlyn (Randal L. Schwartz) 17:48 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
Charles Bailey 18:02 on 14 Jun 2005

Re: Getting columns in DB order
Sam Tregar 20:10 on 14 Jun 2005