PostgreSQL: change order of columns in query

Question

I have a huge query with about 30 columns. I ordered the query with:

Select *
From
.
.
.
order by id,status

Now I want that in the result to present columns in certain way. The id column will be first, followed by status column and then all the rest.

is there a way to do that ( without manually specifying 30 column names in select). Something like: Select id,status, REST

Answer 1

this will give you all columns except those you don't want to

SELECT id, status,' || array_to_string(ARRAY(SELECT 'o' || '.' || c.column_name
        FROM information_schema.columns As c
            WHERE table_name = 'table_name' 
            AND  c.column_name NOT IN('id', 'status')
    ), ',') || ' FROM officepark As o' As sqlstmt

Answer 2

The "select *" will return the fields in the order in which they were listed when the table was created. If you want them returned in a particular order, just be sure to create the table with that order.

Answer 3

If you have to do it repeatly, you could create a new table:

CREATE TABLE FOO as
SELECT id, status, mydesiredorder

Or just a view,don't forget to move index constraint and foreign keys. If you must do it just once, was faster specify 30 columns than ask here