How to Exclude a Column Using Select * Except Specific Column in SQL

sql-queries-12/Exclude_a_Column_in_SQL/MySQL.sql

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+-- Exclude textbook column from course table
+SET @sql = NULL;
+SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT('`', COLUMN_NAME, '`') ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION SEPARATOR ', ')
+INTO @sql
+FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
+WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'university'
+  AND TABLE_NAME = 'course'
+  AND COLUMN_NAME <> 'textbook';
+SET @sql = CONCAT('SELECT ', @sql, ' FROM course');
+PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
+EXECUTE stmt;
+DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

sql-queries-12/Exclude_a_Column_in_SQL/PostgreSQL.sql

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+-- Excludes code column from department table
+DO $$
+ DECLARE
+     sql_query text;
+ BEGIN
+     SELECT 'SELECT ' ||
+            string_agg(quote_ident(column_name), ', ' ORDER BY ordinal_position) ||
+            ' FROM Department'
+     INTO sql_query
+     FROM information_schema.columns
+     WHERE table_schema = 'public'
+       AND table_name   = 'department'
+       AND column_name <> 'code';
+
+     RAISE NOTICE 'Generated SQL: %', sql_query;
+     EXECUTE sql_query;
+ END $$;

sql-queries-12/Exclude_a_Column_in_SQL/SQL_Server.sql

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+-- Excludes gpa column from the student table 
+DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX);
+SELECT @sql =
+    'SELECT ' + STRING_AGG(QUOTENAME(name), ', ')
+    + ' FROM dbo.student'
+FROM sys.columns
+WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('dbo.student')
+  AND name <> 'gpa';
+EXEC sp_executesql @sql;