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 any other way to do it?

Answer 1

You can use this approach to get the data from all the columns except one:-

1. Insert all the data into a temporary table
2. Then drop the column which you dont want from the temporary table
3. Fetch the data from the temporary table(This will not contain the data of the removed column)
4. Drop the temporary table

Something like this:

SELECT * INTO #TemporaryTable FROM YourTableName  ALTER TABLE #TemporaryTable DROP COLUMN Columnwhichyouwanttoremove  SELECT * FROM #TemporaryTable   DROP TABLE #TemporaryTable  

Answer 2

Create a view. Yes, in the view creation statement, you will have to list each...and...every...field...by...name.

Once.

Then just select * from viewname after that.