Frank Rust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/09/2005 01:59:35 AM:

> Is there a possibility to select all columns from a table except one or 
> two columns? For example I have a table with 30 columns and want all 
> columns but one column *not*. Do I have to write a very long select 
> statement with 29 column names that i want to get?
> 
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Nope, it's not part of the SQL standard to write a query that way. In 
fact, I cannot think of a single database (commercial or free) with that 
capability in their query syntax (and I have used a lot of them).

Sorry!

Shawn Green
Database Administrator
Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine

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