mysql krijgt tabelkolomnamen in alfabetische volgorde

De ANSI INFORMATION_SCHEMA-tabellen (in dit geval INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS) meer flexibiliteit bieden in MySQL:

SELECT c.column_name
  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c
 WHERE c.table_name = 'tbl_name'
-- AND c.table_schema = 'db_name'    
ORDER BY c.column_name