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depends on context (Score:2)

by gav (2710)

This isn't necessarily anything wrong with using SELECT *, relying on the order of columns returned is the problem.

I remember reading somebody saying that you should always use an ORDER BY clause in SQL, which is useless in the cases where order doesn't matter.

Sometimes order does matter, sometimes it doesn't, it's about using the right tool for the job.
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  by jwinter (5637) on 2005.02.03 10:47 (#37966)
  
  This guy's absolutely right. You shouldn't be depending on the order of the columns returned, you should address the values by the columns. There's different ways to do that: named bind variables, returning each row as a hash keyed by its column, etc.
  
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