Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> Given that pg_dump already re-orders the columns for DDL, could we make
> it apply that re-ordering not just during the CREATE TABLE, but also
> when dumping the table contents?
Hm, possibly. I think when this was last looked at, we didn't have any
way to get COPY to output the columns in non-physical order, but now we
do.
regards, tom lane