• karthik M (2/7/2014)


    VALUES (t1), (t2), (t3), (t4))

    I have 119 columns in the actual table. Do I need to use all those names in VALUES clause?

    You could use dynamic SQL, but tbh it won't take more than a few moments to copy'n'paste them in.

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