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Lefty Leverenz commented on HIVE-10160: --------------------------------------- See the thread "ORDER BY clause in Hive" on u...@hive.apache.org: * [http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hive-user/201503.mbox/%3c05d701d069b4$c71f6e60$555e4b20$@co.uk%3e] > Give a warning when grouping or ordering by a constant column > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-10160 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-10160 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Query Processor > Reporter: Lefty Leverenz > Priority: Minor > > To avoid confusion, a warning should be issued when users specify column > positions instead of names in a GROUP BY or ORDER BY clause (unless > hive.groupby.orderby.position.alias is set to true in Hive 0.11.0 or later). -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)