In the SQL query: SELECT * FROM authors
The xe "* SQL wildcard character"asterisk (*) is a ________ indicating that the query should get all the columns from the authors table.
A) potpourri character
B) catchall
C) wildcard
D) None of the above

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The use of an asterisk (*) in a SELECT statement is called a wildcard and it selects all columns from the specified table. It is a shorthand way of writing SELECT column1, column2, ..., columnN without listing each column individually.

In the SQL Query: SELECT * FROM Authors