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Navis commented on HIVE-494:
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Failed tests are not related to this.
> Select columns by index instead of name
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>
> Key: HIVE-494
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-494
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: Clients, Query Processor
> Reporter: Adam Kramer
> Assignee: Navis
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: SQL
> Attachments: ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--HIVE-494.D1641.1.patch,
> HIVE-494.2.patch.txt, HIVE-494.D12153.1.patch
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> SELECT mytable[0], mytable[2] FROM some_table_name mytable;
> ...should return the first and third columns, respectively, from mytable
> regardless of their column names.
> The need for "names" specifically is kind of silly when they just get
> translated into numbers anyway.
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