T-SQL Insert into table without having to specify every column

Question

In our db there is a table that has a little over 80 columns. It has a primary key and Identity insert is turned on. I\'m looking for a way to insert into this table every colum

Answer 1

You could query Information_Schema to get a list of all the columns and programatically generate the column names for your query. If you're doing this all in t-sql it would be cumbersome, but it could be done. If you're using some other client language, like C# to do the operation, it would be a little less cumbersome.