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On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:01:59AM -0700, Michael Fraley wrote:
> How can I change the default data sort for a table?  When I view the
> data  in the selected table, it always opens a spreadsheet view
> sorted by the  primary key.  In this case, the primary key is a
> one-up number and a more  useful sort is the name column.  How can I
> have it default to sort by  name rather than primary key?

Whatever tool you're using for visualization can sort for you.

In SQL, tables don't have an ordering, so any ordering is the
responsibility of external tools.

Cheers,
David.
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