Re: Would be really nice if...

Haximus wrote:
> > Possibly someone could explain how this would be beneficial as the
> > fundamental concept of this request escapes me.
>
> Table or queries returning large number of columns... for arguments
sake
> lets say 50 columns, and you want to select 48 of them... makes sense
to
> select * and exclude the two you don't want.
>

It makes much more sense to list only the desired columns, in my opinion.

> Another way... if you have "N" columns and the number of columns
desired is
> greater than N/2, it's less work to specify which columns you don't
want,
> especially the closer you get to N.

Mathematically that may be true, however I still find the request lacking in any real applicability, no matter how aggressively you argue.

David Fitzjarrell Received on Wed Feb 23 2005 - 23:31:23 CST