Change Default Alias For Aggregated Columns (_c1)
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                 Key: HIVE-1916
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1916
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Query Processor
         Environment: All
            Reporter: James Mayfield
            Priority: Minor


Problem:
When running a Hive query that aggregates (does a group by operation), Hive 
will automatically name this column _c0, _c1, _c2, etc.. This is a problem 
because Hive will not then execute a query against a column that begins with 
"_" and then the user has to manually input back-ticks in order to get the 
query to run.

Potential Solution:
Hive should by default call these columns by their query assignment like 
"sum_active30day_users" or if that is not possible, call it something simple 
like "column_1" so that users can then query the new column without adding 
special back-ticks.

Example Query:
SELECT a.ds, COUNT(a.num_accounts)

Example Result:
ds, count_num_accounts OR ds, column_1

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