SQL exclude a column using SELECT * [except columnA] FROM tableA?

Question

We all know that to select all columns from a table, we can use

SELECT * FROM tableA

Is there a way to exclude column(s) from a table witho

Answer 1

Like the others have said there is no way to do this, but if you're using Sql Server a trick that I use is to change the output to comma separated, then do

select top 1 * from table

and cut the whole list of columns from the output window. Then you can choose which columns you want without having to type them all in.