Vertica: prevent overwriting row data when duplicated column names exist #4201
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This pull request fixes issues with duplicated column names for Vertica query runner.
fetch_columns method is used for this fix.
Problem Description:
If we have columns with the same name in the select statement then the query result is overridden by the value of first column. e.g.
select count(*) , count(distinct user_id) , count(user_id) from example_table
Example:
Duplicated column names -- 2nd and 3rd columns' values were overwritten by the 1st column:
A simple fix is to give each column a unique name: