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.
The New York Times. The densely populated Netherlands, which is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, has an elevation just above sea level on its northern and western borders with the North Sea. Germany and Belgium are its neighbors to the east and south.