Github user rxin commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/11815#discussion_r56618306 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala --- @@ -618,9 +622,33 @@ class Analyzer( * clause. This rule detects such queries and adds the required attributes to the original * projection, so that they will be available during sorting. Another projection is added to * remove these attributes after sorting. + * + * This rule also resolves the position number in Sort references. This support is introduced + * in Spark 2.0. Before Spark 2.0, the integers in Order By has no effect on output sorting. */ object ResolveSortReferences extends Rule[LogicalPlan] { def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan resolveOperators { + // Replace the index with the related attribute for ORDER BY + // which is a 1-base position of the projection list. + case s @ Sort(orders, global, child) + if child.resolved && orders.exists(o => IntegerIndex.unapply(o.child).nonEmpty) => + val newOrders = orders map { + case s @ SortOrder(IntegerIndex(index), direction) => + if (index > 0 && index <= child.output.size && conf.orderByOrdinal) { + SortOrder(child.output(index - 1), direction) + } else if (!conf.orderByOrdinal) { + failAnalysis( + "Integer in the Order/Sort By clause is not allowed " + --- End diff -- i'd say if the flag is set to false, we should just ignore the foldable constants.
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