[bug]: Fix wrong order by removal from plan

datafusion/physical-expr/src/equivalence/properties.rs

@@ -883,9 +883,11 @@ impl EquivalenceProperties {
             if self.is_expr_constant(source)
                 && !const_exprs_contains(&projected_constants, target)
             {
+                let across_partitions = self.is_expr_constant_accross_partitions(source);
                 // Expression evaluates to single value
-                projected_constants
-                    .push(ConstExpr::from(target).with_across_partitions(true));
+                projected_constants.push(
+                    ConstExpr::from(target).with_across_partitions(across_partitions),
+                );
             }
         }
         projected_constants
@@ -1014,6 +1016,37 @@ impl EquivalenceProperties {
         is_constant_recurse(&normalized_constants, &normalized_expr)
     }
 
+    /// This function determines whether the provided expression is constant
+    /// across partitions based on the known constants.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - `expr`: A reference to a `Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>` representing the
+    ///   expression to be checked.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// Returns `true` if the expression is constant across all partitions according
+    /// to equivalence group, `false` otherwise.
+    pub fn is_expr_constant_accross_partitions(
+        &self,
+        expr: &Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        // As an example, assume that we know columns `a` and `b` are constant.
+        // Then, `a`, `b` and `a + b` will all return `true` whereas `c` will
+        // return `false`.
+        let const_exprs = self.constants.iter().flat_map(|const_expr| {
+            if const_expr.across_partitions() {
+                Some(Arc::clone(const_expr.expr()))
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        });
+        let normalized_constants = self.eq_group.normalize_exprs(const_exprs);
+        let normalized_expr = self.eq_group.normalize_expr(Arc::clone(expr));
+        is_constant_recurse(&normalized_constants, &normalized_expr)
+    }
+
     /// Retrieves the properties for a given physical expression.
     ///
     /// This function constructs an [`ExprProperties`] object for the given

datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/order.slt

@@ -1260,3 +1260,49 @@ limit 2;
 
 statement ok
 drop table ordered_table;
+
+query TT
+EXPLAIN SELECT
+    CASE
+        WHEN name = 'name1' THEN 0.0
+        WHEN name = 'name2' THEN 0.5
+    END AS a
+FROM (
+    SELECT 'name1' AS name
+    UNION ALL
+    SELECT 'name2'
+)
+ORDER BY a DESC;
+----
+logical_plan
+01)Sort: a DESC NULLS FIRST
+02)--Projection: CASE WHEN name = Utf8("name1") THEN Float64(0) WHEN name = Utf8("name2") THEN Float64(0.5) END AS a
+03)----Union
+04)------Projection: Utf8("name1") AS name
+05)--------EmptyRelation
+06)------Projection: Utf8("name2") AS name
+07)--------EmptyRelation
+physical_plan
+01)SortPreservingMergeExec: [a@0 DESC]
+02)--ProjectionExec: expr=[CASE WHEN name@0 = name1 THEN 0 WHEN name@0 = name2 THEN 0.5 END as a]
+03)----UnionExec
+04)------ProjectionExec: expr=[name1 as name]
+05)--------PlaceholderRowExec
+06)------ProjectionExec: expr=[name2 as name]
+07)--------PlaceholderRowExec
+
+query R
+SELECT
+    CASE
+        WHEN name = 'name1' THEN 0.0
+        WHEN name = 'name2' THEN 0.5
+    END AS a
+FROM (
+    SELECT 'name1' AS name
+    UNION ALL
+    SELECT 'name2'
+)
+ORDER BY a DESC;
+----
+0.5
+0