>>>re: 1. If the ID doesn't exist you will get an empty table. I'd worry about it at the client end.
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>>>re: 2. Unless your table record is extraordinarily large, pulling * makes maintenance easier assuming ID is a primary or unique key.
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>>It is very wide table.
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>What is the biggest record size?
I'm not here at the moment and lots of fields are varchar(). But there are ~100+ fields.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
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