PHP myAdmin - Change Field Order (Move Up Or Down)

Question

How do I change the order of my table fields without deleting the field and re-inserting it, using PHP myAdmin?

Answer 1

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/change-column-order.html

From the Aforementioned Source:

If you decide to change the order of table columns anyway, you can do so as follows:

1. Create a new table with the columns in the new order.

2. Execute this statement:

   mysql> INSERT INTO new_table -> SELECT columns-in-new-order FROM old_table;

3. Drop or rename old_table.

4. Rename the new table to the original name:

   mysql> ALTER TABLE new_table RENAME old_table;

Answer 2

if you have MySQL Workbench you can easily reorder columns using mouse, graphically.

Just connect to your database, select your table and after right click, alter table and then drag columns to reorder them.

Answer 3

alter table table_name modify column col_name type after col_name

Answer 4

ALTER TABLE `table_name` MODIFY `column_you_want_to_move` DATATYPE AFTER `column`

DATATYPE is something like DATETIME or VARCHAR(20) ..etc

Answer 5

Since version 4.0, phpMyAdmin has a "Move columns" dialog in Structure, that permits you to graphically move columns in the structure.

Answer 6

It's simple. Just go to PHPmyadmin, click on your database, then click table. Then click on structure. Below the table look for the button, "Move columns". Click and order the columns the way you want.