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  1. Pig
  2. PIG-516

order by <expression>

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • 0.2.0
    • 0.9.0
    • None
    • None

    Description

      I want to do ORDER A BY f($0). Should be allowed. (Workaround of adding a column, sorting, then removing column is yucky and in fact impossible if I don't know the schema.)

      Important use case: ORDER A BY Random(), to do random sorting.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PIG-1663 Order by only allows ordering on columns, not expressions

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
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              xuefuz Xuefu Zhang
              olston Christopher Olston
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