how to 'tell' the select what to omit

[Miroslav I.]

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Hallo

suppose you have a table with great number of columns (20 or 30),
and you would like to specify every one but two or tree columns in a =
SELECT statement.

Is there a way to specify only those two or tree columns for omission =
(which would be the 'short' way to do the job) instead of specifying =
every column that needed (which would be the 'long' way to do the job).

Example:

The 'TName' table header:

id | name | surname | dateOB | idSCHOOL | idCITY | idSTATE | sex | =
idParent1 | idParent2 | interests | weight | height | age | auditDate | =
idAudittor | ....

You need every field except the 'dateOB' and 'idSCHOOL'

Ordinary select wold be:

SELECT =
id,name,surname,idCITY,idSTATE,sex,idParent1,idPar ent2,interests,weight,h=
eight,age,auditDate,idAudittor, ....
FROM TName

It is too long expression,=20
is there a way to specify only 'dateOB' and 'idSCHOOL' - the two column =
that are unwanted in the result set - in order to make the SELECT =
shorter? The SELECT should return every column but the specified ones.
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