Fix “ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column ‘colname’ in ‘order clause'” in MariaDB

If you’re getting error “ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column ‘colname’ in ‘order clause’” in MariaDB, it may be that you’re trying to reference an aliased column by its column name.

This is a common error when running queries that join two or more tables. It can also happen when using operators such as UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT.

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