salesforce SOQL : query to fetch all the fields on the entity

Question

I was going through the SOQL documentation , but couldn\'t find query to fetch all the field data of an entity say , Account , like

select * from Account         


        

Answer 1

I use the Force.com Explorer and within the schema filter you can click the checkbox next to the TableName and it will select all the fields and insert into your query window - I use this as a shortcut to typeing it all out - just copy and paste from the query window. Hope this helps.