How can i Rearrange the columns in Tables using SQL SERVER 2005 Query?

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I am Viswanathan.M...... I have a doubt in SQL sever 2005.. Now i need to rearrange the columns in a table by using query.The most important thing is after execute the query the table should be originally affect. whenever i open the table it ll show the affected table only not original..

This is my table,

col1 col2 col3

now i need this as in this format,

col1 col3 col2

This 2nd one should be my original table.

With expectation,
Viswanathan.M

Posted 6-Apr-11 20:15pm

Viswanthan.M.

Updated 6-Apr-11 23:00pm

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Om Prakash Pant 7-Apr-11 2:50am

your question is not clear. do you want to rearrange the columns of existing table?

Viswanthan.M. 7-Apr-11 5:03am

This is my table,

col1 col2 col3

now i need this as in this format,

col1 col3 col2

After execute the query
This 2nd one should be my original table.

Om Prakash Pant 7-Apr-11 7:34am

The position of columns does not matter. By using the select statelemt you can have it at the place you want.
SELECT col1,col3,col2 from table_name

If you want to rearrange then you have to use SELECT ... INTO .. which will create new table with the order you want.

Viswanthan.M. 8-Apr-11 6:35am

Thank you Mr. It is working..

Sandeep Mewara 7-Apr-11 2:53am

Kindly elaborate on what you mean by 'reorder by query'?

Are you trying to change the way it looks? Change the physical ordering of the data?

Viswanthan.M. 7-Apr-11 5:04am

This is my table,

col1 col2 col3

now i need this as in this format,

col1 col3 col2

After execute the query
This 2nd one should be my original table.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-04-06T21:00:00

Solution 1

The easiest way (assuming you are using databinding of some sort) is to ask for the columns in the order you want:

SQL

SELECT col1, col2 FROM table

will have "col1" on the left of your table

SQL

SELECT col2, col1 FROM table

will have "col1" on the right.

Posted 6-Apr-11 21:00pm

OriginalGriff

Costica U · Answer 2 · 2011-04-07T00:17:00

Solution 3

Try this

SQL

--- rename table 
EXEC sp_rename 'myTable','myTable_OLD'
--- import and create table from old table
select col1, col3, col2
into  myTable
from  myTable_OLD
--- drop old table
drop table myTable_OLD

Posted 7-Apr-11 0:17am

Costica U

Updated 7-Apr-11 0:37am

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Viswanthan.M. 8-Apr-11 6:36am

Thank you for your valuable reply.. it is working.

Costica U 14-Apr-11 10:12am

You are welcome! Please mark it as accepted solution!

Mahendra.p25 · Answer 3 · 2011-04-06T23:08:00

Solution 2

try this

create new Table then

insert into NewTable select Column1,Column3,Column2 from OldTable

Posted 6-Apr-11 23:08pm

Mahendra.p25

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Viswanthan.M. 7-Apr-11 6:07am

Thank you, but my question is, i need to rearrange the columns in a same table..ok?

Mahendra.p25 7-Apr-11 6:51am

First You Can rename your old table then create new one with the same Name and then delete the old table as shown below by Costica U atleast this much you can do it by Own.

Viswanthan.M. 8-Apr-11 0:41am

Thank you for your help.. I got it...

Dipesh Wadhwa · Answer 4 · 2013-10-10T23:33:00

Solution 5

To change the column order

1. In Object Explorer, right-click the table with columns you want to reorder and click Design.
2. Select the box to the left of the column name that you want to reorder.
3. Drag the column to another location within the table.

Posted 10-Oct-13 23:33pm

Dipesh Wadhwa

Ravi Kumar Shakya · Answer 5 · 2013-10-09T22:42:00

Solution 4

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6805426/how-to-move-columns-in-a-mysql-table[^]

Posted 9-Oct-13 22:42pm

Ravi Kumar Shakya