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SELECT 中的条款具有特定顺序：

SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ... GROUP BY ... HAVING ...
    ORDER BY ...  -- goes here
    LIMIT ... OFFSET ...;

( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ORDER BY ...  -- for ordering the result of the UNION.

SELECT ... GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT x ORDER BY ... SEPARATOR ...) ...

ALTER TABLE ... ORDER BY ... -- probably useful only for MyISAM; not for InnoDB