miker 8667 (6/20/2013)
There are 257 Columns in the table and there are 3 or 4 columns with a ReturnCharachter.
257 columns and a select *??? Unless this is a DW that amount of columns sounds like some normalization is in order.
You can get a very easy comma separated list of all columns by expanding the table in the Object Explorer, then just drag the columns "folder" to a query window. Super simple. 🙂
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