How do I add column names of an another table (without mentioning column names), in a SELECT statement

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Hi,

I would like to get the columns of another table into a SELECT statement, without mentioning those columns directly.

QUERY that I need like as below.

'Select T1.column1, T1.column2, (COLUMNS OF TABLE 2) from TABLE-1 as T1, TABLE-2 as T2'

how to manage the COLUMNS OF TABLE 2 part. Please suggest.

What I have tried:

DECLARE @output nvarchar(max)
SELECT @output = COALESCE(@output+', ', '')+name FROM sys.columns WHERE OBJECT_ID = OBJECT_ID(N'TABLE-2')
'Select T1.column1, T1.column2,(SELECT @output) from TABLE-1 as T1, TABLE-2 as T2'

// But @output is result only. Not as the Columns. :)

Posted 24-Apr-16 21:11pm

NPSSR

Updated 24-Apr-16 21:20pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam 25-Apr-16 3:29am

select t1.*, t2.* from Table1 t1 , Table2 t2

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-24T21:20:00

Solution 1

Try:

SQL

SELECT T1.column1, T1.column2, T2.* FROM TABLE-1 AS T1, TABLE-2 AS T2

But...you probably want to use a JOIN if you have columns which refer to the otehr table.

Posted 24-Apr-16 21:20pm

OriginalGriff

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NPSSR 25-Apr-16 3:35am

It's includes some repeated columns, Transaction ID column, etc. Is there a way to restrict those columns? Or I have to remove those columns in my Business class?

OriginalGriff 25-Apr-16 3:43am

It repeats them because it doesn't know what else to do with them, and it's trying very hard to give you what you asked for.
As I said, you probably want to use a JOIN - but without a lot more info about your tables and the relationship between them I can't even give you an example!

NPSSR 25-Apr-16 3:57am

Sure Griff.. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. And, i will move ahead. Thanks Again!

OriginalGriff 25-Apr-16 3:59am

You're welcome!