Select * is something no one should be doing in real code.

Select [list of columns] should the way to query and doing so you know exactly what columns are read. That's one of the reasons I dislike ORM like hibernate.

I advocate the least surprises principle, select * or select !column are doors to surprises. What if someone add a geometry column with tons of data (real example happened to me)? You are going to read tons of data that probably you don't need.