Column order issue

Hi
When I want to use all (or at least many) columns in a table, I'm used to
just click the "Column" header in the Object browser window and then drag it
over to the "code pane". In Query Analyzer I was use to get all the columns
in the same order as they where showed in the object browser to the left.
When using MicroSoft SQL Server Mamagement Studio, I get the columns in
alphabetically order when I drag them over, eventhough they are shown in
another order in the Object Browser window.
Does anybody know if this is a setting that can be changed somewhere?
Regards
Steen
Are you on May CTP? When I drag the columns folder to the query window, I get the columns listed in
the same order as in my CREATE TABLE statement...
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Steen Persson (DK)" <spe@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi
> When I want to use all (or at least many) columns in a table, I'm used to just click the "Column"
> header in the Object browser window and then drag it over to the "code pane". In Query Analyzer I
> was use to get all the columns in the same order as they where showed in the object browser to the
> left. When using MicroSoft SQL Server Mamagement Studio, I get the columns in alphabetically order
> when I drag them over, eventhough they are shown in another order in the Object Browser window.
> Does anybody know if this is a setting that can be changed somewhere?
> Regards
> Steen
>
|||Hi Tibor
I'm on the June CTP, but I'm querying a SQL 2000 database. When I drag the
same table into a Qury Analyser I get the columns in the same order as they
are shown.
I've just tried to get the "CREATE TABLE" from the table, and here the
columns are listed in the "correct" order which is the order they have been
typed in and not alphabetically.
Regards
Steen
Tibor Karaszi wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Are you on May CTP? When I drag the columns folder to the query
> window, I get the columns listed in the same order as in my CREATE
> TABLE statement...
> "Steen Persson (DK)" <spe@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
> news:umleXt4hFHA.1404@.TK2MSFTNGSA02.privatenews.mi crosoft.com...
|||Strange. I don't have a 2000 to test against. Perhaps there is a difference. I would report this to
the beta forums if I were you...
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Steen Persson (DK)" <spe@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi Tibor
> I'm on the June CTP, but I'm querying a SQL 2000 database. When I drag the same table into a Qury
> Analyser I get the columns in the same order as they are shown.
> I've just tried to get the "CREATE TABLE" from the table, and here the columns are listed in the
> "correct" order which is the order they have been typed in and not alphabetically.
> Regards
> Steen
> Tibor Karaszi wrote:
>
|||I've got the June CTP and I see the same behaviour with SSMS & a
SQL2000(SP4) database (i.e. alphabetical order). However,
interestingly, when I use SSMS to do the same with a Yukon DB, the
columns are listed in their ordinal positions.
*mike hodgson*
blog: http://sqlnerd.blogspot.com
Steen Persson (DK) wrote:

>Hi Tibor
>I'm on the June CTP, but I'm querying a SQL 2000 database. When I drag the
>same table into a Qury Analyser I get the columns in the same order as they
>are shown.
>I've just tried to get the "CREATE TABLE" from the table, and here the
>columns are listed in the "correct" order which is the order they have been
>typed in and not alphabetically.
>Regards
>Steen
>Tibor Karaszi wrote:
>
>
>
|||Steen Persson (DK) (spe@.REMOVEdatea.dk) writes:
> When I want to use all (or at least many) columns in a table, I'm used
> to just click the "Column" header in the Object browser window and then
> drag it over to the "code pane". In Query Analyzer I was use to get all
> the columns in the same order as they where showed in the object browser
> to the left. When using MicroSoft SQL Server Mamagement Studio, I get
> the columns in alphabetically order when I drag them over, eventhough
> they are shown in another order in the Object Browser window.
> Does anybody know if this is a setting that can be changed somewhere?
Like Tibor, I was not able to repeat this. And I also tried against
SQL 2000.
I can't recall having seen any setting for this.
If you do this on Northwind..Orders, what do you see? I see:
OrderID, CustomerID, EmployeeID, OrderDate, RequiredDate, ShippedDate,
ShipVia, Freight, ShipName, ShipAddress, ShipCity, ShipRegion,
ShipPostalCode, ShipCountry
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp
|||OK, so I was able to repeat this on SQL 2000. And investigating the issue
further by using Profiler, I found that the bug applies to both SQL 2000 and
SQL 2005. To wit the cause is there the underlying SELECT statement does not
have any ORDER BY clause. The queries are different, but both are missing
ORDER BY.
I've filed bug FDBK32428 about this. In the bug report I left open for
both alphabetic order and column-number order, but indicated that the
latter is probably what users expects.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp