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Rong Rong commented on FLINK-5315: ---------------------------------- Hmm. Yes that's true we cannot have {{a.distinct}} by itself if {{a}} is column expression. But if {{a}} is a table, for example: {{select(*).distinct}}, then this is very much valid. Yes but I agree, the best way to express this would've been {{ agg.distinct('arg1[, 'arg2]...) }} regardless whether this is an expression or function since it is a modifier for the method. I think we can definitely do that for function. I am ok with the {{'col.agg.distinct}} approach actually despite a little confusion. what do you guys think [~fhueske][~twalthr]? > Support distinct aggregations in table api > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: FLINK-5315 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-5315 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Table API & SQL > Reporter: Kurt Young > Assignee: Rong Rong > Priority: Major > > Such as > {code} > t.select("count(distinct a), sum(b)") > {code} > or > {code} > t.select('a.count.distinct), 'b.sum) > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)