7.9  <query specification>让我们考虑这里指定的 SQL 标准部分:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql/sql1992.txt
<query specification> ::=
          SELECT [ <set quantifier> ] <select list> <table expression>
[...]
<select list> ::=
            <asterisk>
          | <select sublist> [ { <comma> <select sublist> }... ]
[...]
Syntax Rules
1) Let T be the result of the <table expression>.
3) Case:
       a) [...]
       b) Otherwise, the <select list> "*" is equivalent to a <value
          expression> sequence in which each <value expression> is a
          <column reference> that references a column of T and each
          column of T is referenced exactly once. The columns are ref-
          erenced in the ascending sequence of their ordinal position
          within T.
因此,换句话说,是的,SQL 标准指定要根据它们在T. 请注意,当您<table expression>包含多个涉及JOIN .. USINGorNATURAL JOIN子句的表时,事情会变得有些棘手。但是,当从一个简单的表中进行选择时,假设顺序符合预期,您可能没问题。
ordinal position within T为了完整起见, for 表的含义在下面进一步解释11.4 <column definition>:
General Rules
     5) [...] The ordinal position included
        in the column descriptor is equal to the degree of T. [...]
然后在11.11  <add column definition>(for ALTER TABLEstatements)
General Rules
     4) [...] In particular, the degree of T
        is increased by 1 and the ordinal position of that column is
        equal to the new degree of T as specified in the General Rules
        of Subclause 11.4, "<column definition>".
还有相当多的其他 SQL 语句和子句依赖于ordinal positionswithin的正式规范<table expressions>。一些例子:
13.8 <insert statement> 
     (when omitting the `<insert column list>`)
20.2 <direct select statement: multiple rows>
     (when `<sort specification>` contains an `<unsigned integer>`)
尤其是 Postgres,它非常符合标准,所以如果你真的想要SELECT *,请继续!