How to concatenate all columns in a select with SQL Server

Question

I need my select to have a pattern like this:

 SELECT \' \' + tbl.* + \' \' FROM table tbl;

The ideal solution wo

Answer 1

Any number of columns for a given tablename; If you need column names wrapped with

DECLARE @s VARCHAR(500)

SELECT @s =  ISNULL(@s+', ','') + c.name   
FROM  sys.all_columns c join sys.tables  t 
            ON  c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE t.name = 'YourTableName'

SELECT '' + @s + ''

SQL Fiddle Example here

-- RESULTS 
col1, col2, col3,...

If you need select query result set wrapped with then;

SELECT @S =  ISNULL( @S+ ')' +'+'',''+ ','') + 'convert(varchar(50), ' + c.name    FROM 
       sys.all_columns c join sys.tables  t 
       ON  c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE t.name = 'YourTableName'


EXEC( 'SELECT ''''+' + @s + ')+' + ''''' FROM YourTableName')

SQL Fiddle Example here

--RESULTS
c1r1,c2r1,c3r1,...
c1r2,c2r2,c3r2,...
c1r3,c2r3,c3r3,...