Re: selecting all columns but one - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: selecting all columns but one
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In response to selecting all columns but one  (blackwater dev <blackwaterdev@gmail.com>)
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blackwater dev, 28.07.2009 15:12:
> I have a table with a lot of columns.  One of the columns I want to
> alias so have a query of:
>
> select *, column as newname from mytable.
>
> The problem is I now have column and newname in the results.  I don't
> want to select column by column.  How can I do a select * but omit one?

You need to list all columns that you want explicitely.

Using SELECT * in a production application is considered bad practice anyway

Thomas

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