xiangfu0 commented on pull request #7678:
URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/7678#issuecomment-958368030


   > I don't think we should introduce `AS` as a transform function. The fix 
should be purely on the query rewrite.
   > 
   > `select CAST(runs AS string) as ddd from baseballStats GROUP BY 1` should 
be rewritten to `select DISTINCT(CAST(runs AS string)) as ddd from 
baseballStats` instead of `select DISTINCT(CAST(runs AS string) as ddd) from 
baseballStats`. Notice the place of `as ddd`.
   > 
   > In fact, `select DISTINCT(CAST(runs AS string) as ddd) from baseballStats` 
is not a valid SQL query
   
   True, I think the tricky case here is that distinct can have multiple 
arguments, e.g. 
   ```
   select CAST(runs AS string) as a, CAST(num AS int) as b from baseballStats 
GROUP BY 1, 2
   ```
   


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