On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:12 AM, blackwater dev<blackwaterdev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a table with a lot of columns. One of the columns I want to alias so > have a query of: > select *, column as newname from mytable. > The problem is I now have column and newname in the results. I don't want > to select column by column. How can I do a select * but omit one? > Thanks! there is no easy way. the only way I can think of is to build the query with dynamic sql (either in pl/pgsql or the client), and query the system catalogs so you can build the column list filtering out the column you don't want. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general