Respecting the order of the columns specified in the "columns" parameter

[abussani]

Hi
I have noticed that
http://localhost/api.php/categories?columns=name,surname
http://localhost/api.php/categories?columns=surname,name
gives the same result (the schema order is chosen)
Is this a bug?
Thanks for you work

[mevdschee]

Thank you for reaching out. You asked about the column order.

Is this a bug?

You could call not respecting the order of the parameters a bug or respecting the order an enhancement.

[mhlinder]

Aside from hard-coding indices, is there an approved way to determine the index / schema for a table?