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 ### Column selection
 
 By default all columns are selected. With the "include" parameter you can select specific columns. 
-You may use a "dot character" to separate the table name from the column name. Multiple columns should be comma separated. 
+You may use a dot to separate the table name from the column name. Multiple columns should be comma separated. 
 An asterisk ("*") may be used as a wildcard to indicate "all columns". Similar to "include" you may use the "exclude" parameter to remove certain columns:
 
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