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== Noncompliant Code Example

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SELECT *     -- Noncompliant
       FROM persons 
       WHERE city = 'NEW YORK'
----

== Compliant Solution

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SELECT firstname, lastname 
       FROM persons 
       WHERE city = 'NEW YORK'
----

== Exceptions

The following cases are ignored by this rule:

* ``++SELECT++`` from temporary tables: ``++SELECT * FROM #temp1++``
* ``++SELECT++`` using common table expressions: ``++WITH A AS (SELECT C1 FROM T1) SELECT * FROM A;++``
* Inside another ``++SELECT++``: ``++SELECT C1 FROM T1 WHERE C2 IN (SELECT * FROM T2)++``
* Inside ``++INSERT++``: ``++INSERT INTO T1 SELECT * FROM T2++``
* Inside ``++CREATE TABLE++``: ``++CREATE TABLE T1 WITH (C1 = C2) AS SELECT * FROM T2++``
* ``++SELECT++`` from rowset providers: ``++SELECT *  FROM OPENXML (@idoc, '/ROOT/Customer',1)++``
* ``++SELECT INTO++``: ``++SELECT * INTO NEW_TABLE FROM T1++``
* ``++SELECT++`` from variable table: ``++SELECT * FROM @table1++``
* ``++SELECT++`` from derived table: ``++SELECT A.* FROM (SELECT X FROM T1) A INNER JOIN B ON A.X = B.X++``
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