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How to SELECT without column names?

Ocassionally you may get a data feed with changing column names into the same staging table. If you don't want to use select *, you can use the following Microsoft SQL Server dynamic SQL sample for preparing your own dynamic SQL query.

USE NorthWind

GO

 

DECLARE  @SchemaName  AS SYSNAME,

         @TableName   AS SYSNAME

 

DECLARE  @Col2  AS SYSNAME,

         @Col6  AS SYSNAME,

         @Col7  AS SYSNAME

 

DECLARE  @SQLstring  AS NVARCHAR(512)

 

SET @SchemaName = 'dbo'

 

SET @TableName = 'Products'

 

SELECT @Col2 = sc.name

FROM   sysobjects AS so

       INNER JOIN syscolumns AS sc

         ON so.id = sc.id

WHERE  so.name = @TableName

       AND sc.colid = 2

 

SELECT @Col6 = sc.name

FROM   sysobjects AS so

       INNER JOIN syscolumns AS sc

         ON so.id = sc.id

WHERE  so.name = @TableName

       AND sc.colid = 6

 

SELECT @Col7 = sc.name

FROM   sysobjects AS so

       INNER JOIN syscolumns AS sc

         ON so.id = sc.id

WHERE  so.name = @TableName

       AND sc.colid = 7

 

SELECT @SQLstring = 'select ' + @Col2 + ',' + @Col6 + ',' + @Col7 +

' from ' + @SchemaName + '.' + @TableName

PRINT @SQLstring

/*

select ProductName,UnitPrice,UnitsInStock from dbo.Products

*/

EXEC sp_executesql   @SQLstring

GO

/*

ProductName                   UnitPrice   UnitsInStock

....

Aniseed Syrup                 10.00       13

Chef Anton's Cajun Seasoning  22.00       53

Chef Anton's Gumbo Mix        21.35       0

Grandma's Boysenberry Spread  25.00       120

....

*/

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