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Preserve partitioning on user inserted sort stage is given priority and propagates partitioning from 9.1.

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For jobs with user inserted sort stage with preserve partitioning set PX framework gives priority to user settings. It will not change the partitioning if sort keys change. This may cause an unexpected result on Join.

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25 April 2025

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