If you ONLY need the ID fields, then you can simply add them to the query:

select table1.*, table2.*, table1.ID AS ID1, table2.id as ID2 ;
from table1,table2 where ID1=ID2

This can be extended to any other fields that are duplicates.

HTH
Barbara


>I would like to combine all fields from two tables in an query.
>I was using a wild card to get the field names:
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>select * from table1,table2 where table1.ID=table2.ID
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>I may not know what all the fields are at a later date, so I don't want to list them in the query.
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>The result of my query returns all the fields except the ID which is now stored in ID_A and ID_B. In this case ID_A and ID_B will always be the same and I would like them to be in the field ID.
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>I know I can build a list of fields, build a string and use it in my query, but I am hoping for something elegent and simple, if it exists.