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

I know this question is old, but I hope this can still be helpful.The answer is inspired by a discuss from SQL Server Forums. You can make this a stored procedure. It can also be modified to add more than one except fields.

DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT @SQL = COALESCE(@SQL + ', ', ' ' ) + name from sys.columns where name not in ('colName1','colName2') and object_id = (Select id from sysobjects where name = 'tblName')
SELECT @SQL = 'SELECT ' + @SQL + ' FROM ' + 'tblName'
EXEC sp_executesql  @SQL