>Calling this a "bug" isn't a good way to start a discussion about it.
sorry, didn't want to insult anyone
All your comments are certainly valid.
I had to inspect and maintain a database which was not designed by me and has
tables with some 20-30 columns - no way to understand which columns are
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 4547
Logged by: Ferdinand Gassauer
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.5
Operating system: any
Description:sort columns in \d
Details:
currently the columns are sorted by attnum (not very