Output in different order than in select statement.

Question

I'm executing the following query. Just wondering if I'm missing something:
select a.constraint_name, a.table_name, a.r_constraint_name, b.column_name, c.table_name, c.column_name from user_constraints a
inner join user_cons_columns b on (a.table_name=b.table_name and a.constraint_name=b.constraint_name)
inner join user_ind_columns c on (a.r_constraint_name=c.index_name)
where a.r_constraint_name='QUE_PK' and b.position=c.column_position
order by b.position
(replace QUE_PK with your own primary key referenced in a foreign key)
The columns appearing in the resultset are in different order than in the select statement.
They came as follows: constraint_name, r_constraint_name, table_name, table_name, column_name, column_name. If I aliase one of the column, the result set is ok.
I'm using version 1.1.0.23 on Ubuntu 6.10 against a 10g r2.

Answer 1

To double check, you can go to <sqldeveloper>/system/oracle.sqldeveloper.1.1.0 (this may be <user_dir>/system/oracle.sqldeveloper.1.1.0 on your computer) and delete all of the *TableSettings.xml files. That will erase any custom column orders that you may have saved.