>> >> For my own edification, why the "order by 1" clause? >> > >> > To sort them in ascending order of table name, which might make >> > old-fashioned capers like visual scrutiny a little easier. >> >> OK then, why would one not use the column name? > > It does.
No, I meant why not use the column name, instead of the number? Why use "order by 1" instead of "order by name"? I understand that "1" refers to the "'drop table ' || name || ';'" result column, but why bother? It seems simpler to me to use the actual column name. Is there a performance thing involved here, or simply a preference? /bs _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
