fix: order by abs(col) column not found if col not in table

source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c

@@ -2115,20 +2115,21 @@ static EDealRes translateColumn(STranslateContext* pCxt, SColumnNode** pCol) {
     if (pCxt->currClause == SQL_CLAUSE_ORDER_BY) {
       if ((isSelectStmt(pCxt->pCurrStmt) && !(*pCol)->node.asParam) ||
           isSetOperator(pCxt->pCurrStmt)) {
-        // match column in alias first if column is 'bare' in select stmt
-        // or it is in set operator
+        // match column in select list first if column is 
+        // NOT param in select stmt or it is in set operator
         res = translateColumnUseAlias(pCxt, pCol, &found);
       }
     }
     if (DEAL_RES_ERROR != res && !found) {
       if (isSetOperator(pCxt->pCurrStmt)) {
         res = generateDealNodeErrMsg(pCxt, TSDB_CODE_PAR_ORDERBY_UNKNOWN_EXPR, (*pCol)->colName);
       } else {
-        // match column in table if not found or column is part of an expression in select stmt
+        // match column in table if not found or
+        // column is part of an expression in select stmt
         res = translateColumnWithoutPrefix(pCxt, pCol);
       }
     }
-    if (clauseSupportAlias(pCxt->currClause) && !(*pCol)->node.asParam && res != DEAL_RES_CONTINUE &&
+    if (clauseSupportAlias(pCxt->currClause) && res != DEAL_RES_CONTINUE &&
         res != DEAL_RES_END) {
       res = translateColumnUseAlias(pCxt, pCol, &found);
     }

test/cases/07-DataQuerying/04-OrderBy/test_order_by_select_list.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+from new_test_framework.utils import tdLog, tdSql
+
+class TestOrderBySelectList:
+    def setup(cls):
+        tdLog.debug(f"start to execute {__file__}")
+
+    def test_order_by_select_list(self):
+        """Order By Select List
+
+        Query the table with order by select list
+
+        Catalog:
+            - Query:OrderBy
+
+        Since: v3.3.6.34
+
+        Labels: common,ci
+
+        Jira: TD-38284
+
+        History:
+            - 2025-11-26 Tony Zhang add this test case for TD-38284
+
+        """
+
+        tdLog.info(f"=============== Start test Order By Select List")
+
+        tdSql.execute("create database if not exists db keep 3650;", show=1)
+        tdSql.execute("use db;", show=1)
+        tdSql.execute("create table tt (ts timestamp, v1 int, v2 int);", show=1)
+        tdSql.execute("""
+            insert into tt values 
+            ('2025-01-01 09:00:00',  1, -3),
+            ('2025-01-01 10:00:00', -2,  2),
+            ('2025-01-01 11:00:00',  3,  1);
+        """, show=1)
+
+        # 'vv' only exists in select list
+        tdSql.query("select ts, v1 as vv from tt order by vv asc", show=1)
+        tdSql.checkRows(3)
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 0, '2025-01-01 10:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 1, -2)
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 0, '2025-01-01 09:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, 1)
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 0, '2025-01-01 11:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 1, 3)
+
+        # 'vv' only exists in select list
+        tdSql.query("select ts, v1 as vv from tt order by abs(vv) asc", show=1)
+        tdSql.checkRows(3)
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 0, '2025-01-01 09:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 1, 1)
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 0, '2025-01-01 10:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, -2)
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 0, '2025-01-01 11:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 1, 3)
+
+        # 'v1' exists in both select list and table tt
+        # prefer to use column from select list
+        tdSql.query("select ts, v2 as v1 from tt order by v1 asc", show=1)
+        tdSql.checkRows(3)
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 0, '2025-01-01 09:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 1, -3)
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 0, '2025-01-01 11:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, 1)
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 0, '2025-01-01 10:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 1, 2)
+
+        # 'v1' exists in both select list and table tt
+        # prefer to use column from table tt
+        tdSql.query("select ts, v2 as v1 from tt order by abs(v1) asc", show=1)
+        tdSql.checkRows(3)
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 0, '2025-01-01 09:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(0, 1, -3)
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 0, '2025-01-01 10:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, 2)
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 0, '2025-01-01 11:00:00')
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 1, 1)
+
+        tdLog.info(f"=============== End test Order By Select List")

test/ci/cases.task

@@ -624,4 +624,3 @@
 ,,y,.,./ci/pytest.sh pytest cases/50-Others/01-Valgrind/test_valgrind_checkerror7.py
 ,,y,.,./ci/pytest.sh pytest cases/50-Others/01-Valgrind/test_valgrind_checkerror8.py
 #,,y,.,./ci/pytest.sh pytest cases/50-Others/01-Valgrind/test_valgrind_udf.py
-