Avoid querying the_geom field in Postgis - how?

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hi,

does anyone know how to build a query that SELECTs all fields but not  
the_geom? I have a couple of tables, holding statistical information  
as well as the geospatial one. When I query the table I'd like to  
query only the statistical part - not the geospatial, which is not  
necessary and slows done incredibly the query. I searched a bit  
within the Postgres SQL domain. It seems there is an EXCEPT  
statement, but it seems that it works differently...

Thanks for any help,

Stef