For example, my column names are [1], [3], [5], [2] in the table. I want to know if there are statements that would sort these column names and display them in [1], [2], [3], [5] instead of the original order.
besides DBI, is there ways of achieving this with SELECT statement? Thank you so much! Eric On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Bob Showalter wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: learn perl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 3:16 PM > > To: Bob Showalter > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: SQL question > > > > > > Yes I want to have the columns come out in a sorted order without > > specifying them like "select col1, col2, col3 from database" because I > > have too many columns (close to 80). Is there ways to select > > a table w/o > > specifically telling the SQL server which ones I want? > > Define "sorted order". Sorted by column name? Sorted by value? I'm getting > confused. > > If you're using DBI, you can use "SELECT * FROM table" and then call > fetchrow_hashref() (or use $sth->{NAME}) and use the column names returned > to order your columns in whatever way you want. > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
