Can you add a column to a table inserting it in between two existing columns in SQL Server without dropping and re-creating the table?
Mediumly long answer, yes (ish) but it's ugly and you probably wouldn't want to do it.
please note: this code creates a physical table
CREATE TABLE MyTest (a int, b int, d int, e int)
INSERT INTO MyTest (a,b,d,e) VALUES(1,2,4,5)
SELECT * FROM MyTest
ALTER TABLE MyTest ADD c int
ALTER TABLE MyTest ADD d_new int
ALTER TABLE MyTest ADD e_new int
UPDATE MyTest SET d_new = d, e_new = e
ALTER TABLE MyTest DROP COLUMN d
ALTER TABLE MyTest DROP COLUMN e
EXEC SP_RENAME 'MyTest.d_new', 'd';
EXEC SP_RENAME 'MyTest.e_new', 'e';
SELECT * FROM MyTest
DROP TABLE MyTest