diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlFormatter.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlFormatter.spec.ts
index a3703f8f9f..c976e545cf 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlFormatter.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlFormatter.spec.ts
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ describe("sqlFormatter", () => {
   });
 
   it("keeps a view's trailing line comment from swallowing the next column (issue #10278)", async () => {
-    // A `--` comment consumes the rest of its line, so the column that follows
-    // it in the view text has to start a new line; appending it to the comment
-    // would silently drop it from the DDL shown to the user.
+    // A `--` comment consumes the rest of its line. Keeping it on the previous
+    // field's line is safe only when the following column starts a new line,
+    // otherwise the column would silently disappear from the DDL shown to the user.
     const viewDdl = `CREATE VIEW "TEMP_TEST_VIEW" AS SELECT trunc(sysdate) AS dates, -- 测试\n(SELECT sysdate FROM dual t) AS nows\nFROM dual;`;
     const formatted = await formatSqlForDisplay(viewDdl, sqlFormatDialectForDbType("oracle"));
 
-    expect(formatted).toBe('CREATE VIEW "TEMP_TEST_VIEW" AS\nSELECT trunc(sysdate) AS dates,\n       -- 测试\n       (SELECT sysdate FROM dual t) AS nows\nFROM dual;');
+    expect(formatted).toBe('CREATE VIEW "TEMP_TEST_VIEW" AS\nSELECT trunc(sysdate) AS dates, -- 测试\n       (SELECT sysdate FROM dual t) AS nows\nFROM dual;');
   });
 
   it("keeps a short OceanBase Oracle view projection readable (issue #7540)", async () => {
@@ -505,6 +505,22 @@ LIMIT 100;`);
     await expect(formatSqlForEditing("SELECT 1 .\n", "dameng")).resolves.toBe("SELECT 1 .\n");
   });
 
+  it("keeps trailing SELECT comments on the field line (#12615)", async () => {
+    const source = `select a, -- first field\n b, -- second field\n c -- third field\nfrom t;`;
+    const formatted = await formatSqlForEditing(source, "postgres");
+
+    expect(formatted).toContain("SELECT a, -- first field\n");
+    expect(formatted).toContain("       b, -- second field\n");
+    expect(formatted).toContain("       c -- third field\nFROM t;");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps source-standalone SELECT comments on their own line", async () => {
+    const source = `select a,\n-- heading for b\n b\nfrom t;`;
+    const formatted = await formatSqlForEditing(source, "postgres");
+
+    expect(formatted).toContain("SELECT a,\n       -- heading for b\n       b\nFROM t;");
+  });
+
   it("preserves the newline before a trailing dot after a line comment", async () => {
     await expect(formatSqlForEditing("DELETE FROM accounts -- comment\n .", "dameng")).resolves.toBe("DELETE FROM accounts -- comment\n .");
   });
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlLayout.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlLayout.spec.ts
index 8e67d4cda0..8757b56a2d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlLayout.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlLayout.spec.ts
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ describe("sql layout", () => {
     expect(await format("SELECT a FROM t UNION ALL SELECT b FROM u;")).toBe(lines("SELECT a", "FROM t", "UNION ALL", "SELECT b", "FROM u;"));
   });
 
-  it("keeps comments and does not fold them onto a line", async () => {
+  it("keeps a trailing comment on its line without swallowing the next item", async () => {
     const sql = lines("-- heading", "SELECT a, -- why", "       b", "FROM t; /* trailing */");
 
-    expect(await format(sql)).toBe(lines("-- heading", "SELECT a,", "       -- why", "       b", "FROM t;", "", "/* trailing */"));
+    expect(await format(sql)).toBe(lines("-- heading", "SELECT a, -- why", "       b", "FROM t;", "", "/* trailing */"));
   });
 
   it("keeps PostgreSQL casts tight", async () => {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/layout/printer.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/layout/printer.ts
index a817e94cc6..c91cc79beb 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/layout/printer.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/layout/printer.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,35 @@ function printClause(writer: Writer, clause: ClauseNode, baseColumn: number, ctx
   }
 
   items.forEach((item, index) => {
+    // A line comment written after the previous field's comma is a trailing
+    // annotation for that field, not a separate heading. sql-formatter keeps
+    // its original preceding whitespace; only comments that did not start a
+    // new source line are moved back onto the preceding output line. Comments
+    // that were on their own line keep their own line.
+    const leadingComments = index > 0 && ctx.options.commaPosition !== "before" ? leadingTrailingComments(item) : 0;
+    let itemNodes = item;
+    let leadingText: string | null = null;
+    if (leadingComments > 0) {
+      // `renderInline` intentionally drops comments; a trailing comment is
+      // copied verbatim, and only when it fits the remaining line width.
+      const commentText = item
+        .slice(0, leadingComments)
+        .map((node) => ("text" in node ? node.text : ""))
+        .join(" ");
+      if (commentText && writer.column + 1 + commentText.length <= ctx.options.lineWidth) {
+        leadingText = commentText;
+        itemNodes = item.slice(leadingComments);
+      }
+    }
     if (index === 0) {
       writer.write(keyword);
       if (sourceOnOwnLine) writer.newline(baseColumn + ctx.options.indentWidth);
       else writer.space();
+    } else if (leadingText) {
+      writer.space();
+      writer.write(leadingText);
+      if (itemNodes.length === 0) return;
+      writer.newline(itemColumn);
     } else {
       if (ctx.options.commaPosition === "before") {
         const leadingIndent = sourceOnOwnLine ? baseColumn + ctx.options.indentWidth : Math.max(baseColumn, itemColumn - 2);
@@ -91,22 +116,34 @@ function printClause(writer: Writer, clause: ClauseNode, baseColumn: number, ctx
         writer.newline(itemColumn);
       }
     }
-    if (alignedAliases) {
+    if (alignedAliases && !leadingText) {
       const aligned = alignedAliases[index];
       if (aligned) {
         writer.write(aligned.expression);
         writer.write(" ".repeat(aligned.aliasColumn - aligned.expression.length));
         writer.write(`${aligned.asKeyword} ${aligned.alias}`);
       } else {
-        printElement(writer, item, baseColumn, childCtx);
+        printElement(writer, itemNodes, baseColumn, childCtx);
       }
     } else {
-      printElement(writer, item, baseColumn, childCtx);
+      printElement(writer, itemNodes, baseColumn, childCtx);
     }
     if (ctx.options.commaPosition !== "before" && index < items.length - 1) writer.write(",");
   });
 }
 
+/** Count leading comments that were written on the previous source line. */
+function leadingTrailingComments(item: AstNode[]): number {
+  let count = 0;
+  while (count < item.length) {
+    const node = item[count];
+    if (!node || (node.type !== "line_comment" && node.type !== "block_comment")) break;
+    if (/[\r\n]/.test(node.precedingWhitespace ?? "")) break;
+    count += 1;
+  }
+  return count;
+}
+
 interface AlignedProjectionItem {
   expression: string;
   alias: string;
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/sqlFormatter.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/sqlFormatter.test.ts
index 6940f856e4..b8f7775ab1 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/sqlFormatter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/sqlFormatter.test.ts
@@ -76,14 +76,13 @@ test("rejects very large SQL before loading formatter work", async () => {
   await assert.rejects(() => formatSqlText("x".repeat(MAX_SQL_FORMAT_CHARS + 1), "generic"), /too large/i);
 });
 
-test("keeps a trailing line comment from swallowing the column after it", async () => {
-  // Oracle stores a view's text as written, so a comment at the end of a column
-  // line is followed by the next column on its own line. A `--` comment consumes
-  // the rest of its line, so the next column has to start a new line instead of
-  // being appended to that comment.
+test("keeps a trailing line comment on its field line without swallowing the next column", async () => {
+  // A `--` comment consumes the rest of its source line. When the comment was
+  // written after the field's comma, keep it there and put the next column on
+  // a new line so it is still valid SQL (#12615).
   const formatted = await formatSqlText('CREATE VIEW "TEMP_TEST_VIEW" AS SELECT trunc(sysdate) AS dates, -- 测试\n(SELECT sysdate FROM dual t) AS nows\nFROM dual;', "oracle", { keywordCase: "upper" });
 
-  assert.equal(formatted, 'CREATE VIEW "TEMP_TEST_VIEW" AS\nSELECT trunc(sysdate) AS dates,\n       -- 测试\n       (SELECT sysdate FROM dual t) AS nows\nFROM dual;');
+  assert.equal(formatted, 'CREATE VIEW "TEMP_TEST_VIEW" AS\nSELECT trunc(sysdate) AS dates, -- 测试\n       (SELECT sysdate FROM dual t) AS nows\nFROM dual;');
 });
 
 test("keeps a line comment from swallowing the separator after it", async () => {
@@ -98,10 +97,10 @@ test("keeps a line comment from swallowing the statement terminator", async () =
   assert.equal(formatted, "SELECT a -- c\n;");
 });
 
-test("formats a comment on its own line without extra breaks", async () => {
+test("keeps a source trailing comment on the field line", async () => {
   const formatted = await formatSqlText("select a, -- c\nb from t", "postgres", { keywordCase: "upper" });
 
-  assert.equal(formatted, "SELECT a,\n       -- c\n       b\nFROM t");
+  assert.equal(formatted, "SELECT a, -- c\n       b\nFROM t");
 });
 
 test("compressSqlText collapses whitespace into single spaces", () => {