On 10/11/06, Uwe C. Schroeder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, "SELECT *" is only evil if your application relies on a specific column
> order to function. The moment you change the table layout and you're using
> "select *" your application will cease functioning.
> My app uses tons of select *, but then I wrote an object mapper that queries
> the information schema at startup - so it's aware of table changes and
> adjusts accordingly.
+1
assumed column ordering is the real enemy. Here is another place
where select * is imo better style than non select *:
select q.*, bar from
(
select a, b,c from foo
) q;
what I really wish sql had was the ability to select all but a
particular column :)
merlin
