Selecting all fields other than a few .

Question

A table has fields a1,a2 among many others. How do I select all fields from the table minus these two?
I am looking for something like select *-(a1,a2) from t1 ;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Answer 1

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SPOOL query.sql
SELECT 'SELECT ' | | column_name
FROM user_tab_columns
WHERE table_name = 'T1'
AND column_name NOT IN ('A1','A2')
AND column_id =
(SELECT MIN (column_id)
FROM user_tab_columns
WHERE table_name = 'T1'
AND column_name NOT IN ('A1','A2'));
SELECT ' , ' | | column_name
FROM user_tab_columns
WHERE table_name = 'T1'
AND column_name NOT IN ('A1','A2')
AND column_id >
(SELECT MIN (column_id)
FROM user_tab_columns
WHERE table_name = 'T1'
AND column_name NOT IN ('A1','A2'));
SELECT 'FROM t1;'
FROM DUAL;
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