How to select all the columns of a table except one column?

Question

How to select all the columns of a table except one column?

I have nearly 259 columns I cant mention 258 columns in SELECT statement.

Is there

Answer 1

Try the following query:

DECLARE @Temp NVARCHAR(MAX); 
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX);

SET @Temp = '';
SELECT @Temp = @Temp + COLUMN_NAME + ', ' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME ='Person' AND COLUMN_NAME NOT IN ('Id')  

SET @SQL = 'SELECT ' + SUBSTRING(@Temp, 0, LEN(@Temp)) +' FROM [Person]';
EXECUTE SP_EXECUTESQL @SQL;

Answer 2

Without creating new table you can do simply (e.g with mysqli):

1. get all columns
2. loop through all columns and remove wich you want
3. make your query

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$r = mysqli_query('SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = table_to_query');

$c = count($r); while($c--) if($r[$c]['column_name'] != 'column_to_remove_from_query') $a[] = $r[$c]['column_name']; else unset($r[$c]);

$r = mysqli_query('SELECT ' . implode(',', $a) . ' FROM table_to_query');

Answer 3

Only one way to achieve this giving column name. There is no other method found. You must have to list all column name

Answer 4

If you are using DataGrip you can do the following:

1. Enter your SELECT statement SELECT * FROM <your_table>;
2. Put your cursor over * and press Alt+Enter
3. You will get pop up menu with Expand column list option
4. Click on it and it will convert * with full list of columns
5. Now you can remove columns that you don't need

Here is a link for an example on how to do it.

Answer 5

1. Generate your select query with any good autocomplete editor of your database.
2. copy and paste your select query in a reserved method (function) and return its ResultSet to your main program or do your stuff in the same method.
3. call this method each time whenever you require

Answer 6

You can retrieve the list of column name by simple query and then remove those column by apply where query like this.

SELECT * FROM (
SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'TableName'
) AS allColumns
WHERE allColumns.COLUMN_NAME NOT IN ('unwantedCol1', 'unwantedCol2')