Currently Zend_Db_Select sorts columns by the correlation name as it builds the query. I can log a feature request to preserve the column order, and we'll try fixing it at some later time.
But I need to give the disclaimer that I would not choose to prioritize this change very high, relative to other improvements to Zend_Db we need to do. Since the result set of a query is usually returned as an associative array anyway, the difference of column-order is pretty trivial. If you have specific needs that are not satisfied by Zend_Db_Select, the workaround I can offer right away is that you can put SQL into a string manually, and execute it with the query() method. Regards, Bill Karwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Warner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:17 AM > To: Zend Framework > Subject: [fw-general] DB Select > > Hi > > I want to select the following in the following column order: > > $select = $db->select() > ->from(array('a' => $config->$table), array('a.code', > 'b.company', 'a.sale_date')) > ->joinLeft(array('b' => $config->db_tbl_finances_debtors), > 'a.debtor_id = b.debtor_id', array()) > ->order('a.code DESC'); > > > When th SQL is generated I get this: > > [_query:protected] => SELECT > `a`.`code`, > `a`.`sale_date`, > `b`.`company` > FROM `finances_invoices` AS `a` > LEFT JOIN `finances_debtors` AS `b` ON a.debtor_id = b.debtor_id > ORDER BY > `a`.`code` DESC > > > It has reordered the Columns!! > > How do I stop this doing this behaviour. > > Cheers > > Ian
