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.
A number of entries on the list of Europe's most populated cities are country capitals. For example, Paris and London, the capitals of France and the United Kingdom, each have metropolitan populations of over 10 million.