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    I'd say its cos what if the table contents change? adding/removing columns? your still selecting *.. so you're gonna be missing things or pulling back more data than you need. Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 13:15
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    @JFit That's part of it, but far from the whole story. Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 14:37
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    Good reasons at SO - stackoverflow.com/questions/3180375/select-vs-select-column Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 15:40
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    And good reasons here, Why is select * considered harmful? Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 16:22
  • @gnat can a question really be considered a duplicate of a closed question? (ie because the closed one wasn't really suitable in the first place) Commented Apr 4, 2014 at 7:30