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vtxvtx
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Posted - 08/23/2012 :  08:54:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a query that generates a table with a different number of columns depending on which parameters I give it.

Now at the end i want to return this table bar 2 columns. Is there a way to do 
SELECT * <<but not ...>> FROM Table


Thanks, Andy

sunitabeck
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Posted - 08/23/2012 :  09:14:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There is no such feature in T-SQL. Also, using "SELECT *" is considered a bad practice for a variety of reasons.

If the columns to be returned depend on the parameters, you would need to use either conditional logic to select the columns, or use a dynamic SQL query to build the select statement.
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visakh16
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Posted - 08/23/2012 :  10:08:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by vtxvtx

I have a query that generates a table with a different number of columns depending on which parameters I give it.

Now at the end i want to return this table bar 2 columns. Is there a way to do 
SELECT * <<but not ...>> FROM Table


Thanks, Andy

you can do it using dynamic sql but its highly not recommended

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