On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 17:40:34 -0500, "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ugh, and here I'd been doing it the other way around. I assume > variable-length stuff should always go last, right? I think it depends on the alignment of the type. Certain text, char and varchar should go at the end. Nullable columns also make a difference since there is a shortcut used for rows that contain nulls. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings