From 6f5c9d50d6dc808d1d0421cd23af128d7859b8af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gfasano <162331471+gfasano@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 19:34:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a sort parameter to star.sql

Add a sort paramater that will sort in alphabetical order the return of the column name
---
 macros/sql/star.sql | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/macros/sql/star.sql b/macros/sql/star.sql
index 515b77b6..b068c57c 100644
--- a/macros/sql/star.sql
+++ b/macros/sql/star.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% macro star(from, relation_alias=False, except=[], prefix='', suffix='', quote_identifiers=True) -%}
+{% macro star(from, relation_alias=False, except=[], prefix='', suffix='', quote_identifiers=True, sort=False) -%}
     {{ return(adapter.dispatch('star', 'dbt_utils')(from, relation_alias, except, prefix, suffix, quote_identifiers)) }}
 {% endmacro %}
 
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ dbt compile, and exists to keep SQLFluff happy. */
             {% do return("/* no columns returned from star() macro */") %}
         {% endif %}
     {%- else -%}
+        {%- if sort -%}
+            {% set cols = cols|sort %}
+        {%- endif -%}
         {%- for col in cols %}
             {%- if relation_alias %}{{ relation_alias }}.{% else %}{%- endif -%}
                 {%- if quote_identifiers -%}