In order to generate such a query dynamically, we can look to sys.columns to derive the column names. Let's say we know the table name and the key column(s), and a pattern the column name should match, then we can pull all of the other columns and build a comma-separated list. In this case, it would look like this:
This worryingly crowded isle: England is officially Europe's most densely packed major country. England has overtaken the Netherlands and is second only to tiny Malta. Over the next 30 years the gap is expected to widen even more.
This is a listing of the 24 most populous countries in the world (those having a population over fifty million). Data are estimates for these most populous countries from mid-2010. China - 1,341,335,000. India - 1,224,614,000. United States - 310,384,000. Indonesia - 239,781,000. Brazil - 194,946,000.