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Re: How to "omit" a GENERATED ALWAYS column on an Insert that doesn't use VALUES()?

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 08/17/2017
03:13:13 PM:
Best practice is not to use SELECT *, always use an explicit column
list.

This applies to INSERT too...

Don't do

INSERT INTO mytable
SELECT <...>

Instead, use

INSERT INTO mytable (col1, col2, col3, <...>)
SELECT <...>


In principle, I agree with you (always use an explicit column
list). But, I wonder, isn't there a third choice?

INSERT INTO mytable
SELECT col1, col2, col3, ... FROM ...etc...

Sincerely,

Dave Clark

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