> That was probably done deliberately, back in the day when constraints
> tended to have uselessly random names like "$1" --- sorting by the
> constraint text was more helpful. I agree that now sorting by name
> seems like the better thing.
Even in the "$x" case, it's better to have them sorted in that order
(ie. the order they were created...)
> I think there's nothing wrong with the "ORDER BY 1" part ... it's the
> fact that the columns are selected in a different order than they'll
> be used that seems bizarre to me. I fixed it like this instead.
Ah, the way that requires effort :)