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Using * in sqlselect
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14/04/2003 22:08:11
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00776918
Message ID:
00777532
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>>>I wonder whats best, to specify every field in an sqlselect, or use a * (a "star", I dont know the english word).
>>
>>The usual English word for the star is "asterisk".
>
>True, but I would probably say "Select star from..." rather than "Select asterisk from...".

And I got into the habit of pronouncing this as "select all from..."
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