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How to sort a table data in oracle?

 
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Hi All,

I would like to know if there is an Oracle feature to change the order of columns in an existing table.

I want to avoid to re-create the table and migrate the data.

Thank you and best regards -
Aresh
 
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Hello,
Not sure what your question is about.
Sorting a table data can be achieved using "ORDER BY" Clause.

Oracle feature to change the order of columns in an existing table


Regarding this you can rearrange the columns as you like when you fire the SELECT query.

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Amit
 
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Why would the order of the columns matter? It's just an artifact of physical storage based on the order the columns were defined. When you query, you can write "select col1, col3, col2"; independent of the order in the database. In fact, it is best to avoid select * anyway in case things change.
 
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