SQL exclude a column using SELECT * [except columnA] FROM tableA?

Question

We all know that to select all columns from a table, we can use

SELECT * FROM tableA

Is there a way to exclude column(s) from a table witho

Answer 1

The best way to solve this is using view you can create view with required columns and retrieve data form it

example

mysql> SELECT * FROM calls;
+----+------------+---------+
| id | date       | user_id |
+----+------------+---------+
|  1 | 2016-06-22 |       1 |
|  2 | 2016-06-22 |    NULL |
|  3 | 2016-06-22 |    NULL |
|  4 | 2016-06-23 |       2 |
|  5 | 2016-06-23 |       1 |
|  6 | 2016-06-23 |       1 |
|  7 | 2016-06-23 |    NULL |
+----+------------+---------+
7 rows in set (0.06 sec)

mysql> CREATE VIEW C_VIEW AS
    ->     SELECT id,date from calls;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.20 sec)

mysql> select * from C_VIEW;
+----+------------+
| id | date       |
+----+------------+
|  1 | 2016-06-22 |
|  2 | 2016-06-22 |
|  3 | 2016-06-22 |
|  4 | 2016-06-23 |
|  5 | 2016-06-23 |
|  6 | 2016-06-23 |
|  7 | 2016-06-23 |
+----+------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)