Adding Column To A Table At a Specific Position

Dear All
Is there a way in T-Sql where I can add a column in a specific order to an
existing table. For instance, if I have the following table
1. EmpID
2.Fname
3. Mname
4. Lname
5. Add1
6.Add2
I want to insert a Column PHNo before column 5. Is there a possibility in
T-SQL for this.
Hope to hear from you soon.
TIA.
Saleem
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:25:12 +0500, Muhammad Saleem Usmani wrote:

>I want to insert a Column PHNo before column 5. Is there a possibility in
>T-SQL for this.
Hi Muhammad,
No, the only way you can achieve this is by dropping and recreating the
table.
Why would you want this? A table in a relational database is UNordered by
definition; you should assign no meaning to the cardinal positions of
columns, nor should you use code that relies on column order.
Best, Hugo
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|||Hi
No. The only way would be to re-create the table with the new structure and
copy the data over.
If you need to have a specific order for a select, you should specifcy the
columns in the select statement.
Regards
Mike
"Muhammad Saleem Usmani" wrote:

> Dear All
> Is there a way in T-Sql where I can add a column in a specific order to an
> existing table. For instance, if I have the following table
> 1. EmpID
> 2.Fname
> 3. Mname
> 4. Lname
> 5. Add1
> 6.Add2
> I want to insert a Column PHNo before column 5. Is there a possibility in
> T-SQL for this.
> Hope to hear from you soon.
> TIA.
> Saleem
>
> --
> Muhammad Saleem Usmani
> 9-Sassi Town House
> Abdullah Haroon Road
> Karachi
> PH: 92-21-521-2042-3
> FAX: 92-21-521-2046
> CELL: 0300-822-0105
> support-karachi@.autosoftdynamics.com
> usmani@.autosoftdynamics.com
>
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|||I agree with the others... When I first started doing SQL I was all into the
physical ordering of the columns, because my background was COBOL, and it
was important there...But trying to keep up with this will be a nightmare...
It would be better to begin to enforce with the programmers, never to select
* , always use column names. Always use the column list in an insert
statement ie
insert into mytab ( col1, colu2) values ( 1,2)
this frees you up from the logical ordering of columns...
Good luck to you!
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
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> Dear All
> Is there a way in T-Sql where I can add a column in a specific order to an
> existing table. For instance, if I have the following table
> 1. EmpID
> 2.Fname
> 3. Mname
> 4. Lname
> 5. Add1
> 6.Add2
> I want to insert a Column PHNo before column 5. Is there a possibility in
> T-SQL for this.
> Hope to hear from you soon.
> TIA.
> Saleem
>
> --
> Muhammad Saleem Usmani
> 9-Sassi Town House
> Abdullah Haroon Road
> Karachi
> PH: 92-21-521-2042-3
> FAX: 92-21-521-2046
> CELL: 0300-822-0105
> support-karachi@.autosoftdynamics.com
> usmani@.autosoftdynamics.com
>
> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
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|||No. Just in EM.
"Muhammad Saleem Usmani" wrote:

> Dear All
> Is there a way in T-Sql where I can add a column in a specific order to an
> existing table. For instance, if I have the following table
> 1. EmpID
> 2.Fname
> 3. Mname
> 4. Lname
> 5. Add1
> 6.Add2
> I want to insert a Column PHNo before column 5. Is there a possibility in
> T-SQL for this.
> Hope to hear from you soon.
> TIA.
> Saleem
>
> --
> Muhammad Saleem Usmani
> 9-Sassi Town House
> Abdullah Haroon Road
> Karachi
> PH: 92-21-521-2042-3
> FAX: 92-21-521-2046
> CELL: 0300-822-0105
> support-karachi@.autosoftdynamics.com
> usmani@.autosoftdynamics.com
>
> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
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