Question

Is it possible to write a update statement and not give the columns names. For example

UPDATE tbl VALUES('1','2','3','4') WHERE id = 1;

The number of values will always match the column count.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT

I don’t know the column names only the number of columns.

I know i could delete the row and then do an insert be then the id(which is A_I) wont be the same.

Please help.

Answer 1

You can retrieve the list of columns using:

SELECT  COLUMN_NAME 
FROM    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS C 
WHERE   TABLE_NAME = 'MyTable'

That allows you to build a new SQL query which checks for a value in each column. It’s best to do this in a client, like a C#, Python or perl script.