Why is using '*' to build a view bad?

Question

Why is using \'*\' to build a view bad ?

Suppose that you have a complex join and all fields may be used somewhere.

Then you just have to chose fields needed

Answer 1

I think it depends on the language you are using. I prefer to use select * when the language or DB driver returns a dict(Python, Perl, etc.) or associative array(PHP) of the results. It makes your code alot easier to understand if you are referring to the columns by name instead of as an index in an array.