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Pengcheng Xiong commented on HIVE-1654: --------------------------------------- [~jvs], w.r.t. the JIRA HIVE-9194, shall we close this issue? Thanks. > select distinct should allow column name regex > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-1654 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1654 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Query Processor > Affects Versions: 0.6.0 > Reporter: John Sichi > Assignee: Arvind Prabhakar > > This works (matching column name foo): > select `fo.*` from pokes; > but this > select distinct `fo.*` from pokes; > gives > FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: line 1:16 Invalid Table Alias or Column > Reference `fo.*` > It should work consistently. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)