How can I “select *” from a table in MySQL but omit certain columns?

Question

I have a table with the following columns:

id,name,age,surname,lastname,catgory,active

Instead of: SELECT name,age,surname,lastname,c

Answer 1

SET @sql = CONCAT('SELECT ', (SELECT REPLACE(GROUP_CONCAT(COLUMN_NAME), ',', '') FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = '' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = ''), ' FROM ');

PREPARE stmt1 FROM @sql; EXECUTE stmt1;