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columnNames, err := rows.Columns()
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalln(err) // or whatever error handling is appropriate
}
columns := make([]interface{}, len(columnNames))
columnPointers := make([]interface{}, len(columnNames))
for i := 0; i < len(columnNames); i++ {
    columnPointers[i] = &columns[i]
}
if err := rows.Scan(columnPointers...); err != nil {
    log.Fatalln(err)
}