[jira] [Created] (FLINK-18679) It doesn't support to join two tables containing the same field names in Table API

["Dian Fu (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Dian Fu created FLINK-18679:
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             Summary: It doesn't support to join two tables containing the same field names in Table API
                 Key: FLINK-18679
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-18679
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Table SQL / API
            Reporter: Dian Fu


For example, if we have two tables which have the same field named "int1" and want to join the two tables on this field:
{code:java}
val t1 = util.addTable[(Int, Long, String)]('int1, 'long1, 'string1)
val t2 = util.addTable[(Int, Long, String)]('int1, 'long2, 'string2)
{code}
In SQL, we could do it as following:
{code:java}
SELECT xxx
FROM t1 JOIN t2 ON t1.int1 = t2.int1
{code}
However, this is not possible in Table API. It lacks a way to specify a column from one table. We have to rename the field name from one table to make sure that all the field names are unique before joining them. This is very inconvenient.



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