在MySQL表中更改行的位置,如何更改PostgreSQL数据库表中列的位置？

I've tried the following, but I was unsuccessful:

ALTER TABLE person ALTER COLUMN dob POSITION 37;

解决方案

"Alter column position" in the PostgreSQL Wiki says:

PostgreSQL currently defines column

order based on the attnum column of

the pg_attribute table. The only way

to change column order is either by

recreating the table, or by adding

columns and rotating data until you

reach the desired layout.

That's pretty weak, but in their defense, in standard SQL, there is no solution for repositioning a column either. Database brands that support changing the ordinal position of a column are defining an extension to SQL syntax.

One other idea occurs to me: you can define a VIEW that specifies the order of columns how you like it, without changing the physical position of the column in the base table.