Refs #7098 -- Removed support for passing raw column aliases to order_by().

Per deprecation timeline.

django/db/models/sql/query.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import copy
 import difflib
 import functools
 import sys
-import warnings
 from collections import Counter, namedtuple
 from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping
 from itertools import chain, count, product
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ from django.db.models.sql.datastructures import (
 from django.db.models.sql.where import (
     AND, OR, ExtraWhere, NothingNode, WhereNode,
 )
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango40Warning
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.hashable import make_hashable
 from django.utils.tree import Node
@@ -1968,15 +1966,6 @@ class Query(BaseExpression):
         errors = []
         for item in ordering:
             if isinstance(item, str):
-                if '.' in item:
-                    warnings.warn(
-                        'Passing column raw column aliases to order_by() is '
-                        'deprecated. Wrap %r in a RawSQL expression before '
-                        'passing it to order_by().' % item,
-                        category=RemovedInDjango40Warning,
-                        stacklevel=3,
-                    )
-                    continue
                 if item == '?':
                     continue
                 if item.startswith('-'):

docs/releases/4.0.txt

@@ -303,3 +303,5 @@ to remove usage of these features.
 * The ``providing_args`` argument for ``django.dispatch.Signal`` is removed.
 
 * The ``list`` message for ``ModelMultipleChoiceField`` is removed.
+
+* Support for passing raw column aliases to ``QuerySet.order_by()`` is removed.

tests/queries/tests.py

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ from django.db.models.expressions import RawSQL
 from django.db.models.sql.constants import LOUTER
 from django.db.models.sql.where import NothingNode, WhereNode
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
-from django.test.utils import CaptureQueriesContext, ignore_warnings
+from django.test.utils import CaptureQueriesContext
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango40Warning
 
 from .models import (
     FK1, Annotation, Article, Author, BaseA, Book, CategoryItem,
@@ -594,13 +593,6 @@ class Queries1Tests(TestCase):
             [datetime.datetime(2007, 12, 19, 0, 0)],
         )
 
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango40Warning)
-    def test_ticket7098(self):
-        self.assertSequenceEqual(
-            Item.objects.values('note__note').order_by('queries_note.note', 'id'),
-            [{'note__note': 'n2'}, {'note__note': 'n3'}, {'note__note': 'n3'}, {'note__note': 'n3'}]
-        )
-
     def test_order_by_rawsql(self):
         self.assertSequenceEqual(
             Item.objects.values('note__note').order_by(
@@ -615,15 +607,6 @@ class Queries1Tests(TestCase):
             ],
         )
 
-    def test_order_by_raw_column_alias_warning(self):
-        msg = (
-            "Passing column raw column aliases to order_by() is deprecated. "
-            "Wrap 'queries_author.name' in a RawSQL expression before "
-            "passing it to order_by()."
-        )
-        with self.assertRaisesMessage(RemovedInDjango40Warning, msg):
-            Item.objects.values('creator__name').order_by('queries_author.name')
-
     def test_ticket7096(self):
         # Make sure exclude() with multiple conditions continues to work.
         self.assertSequenceEqual(
@@ -3083,6 +3066,15 @@ class QuerySetExceptionTests(SimpleTestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(FieldError, msg):
             Article.objects.order_by('*')
 
+    def test_invalid_order_by_raw_column_alias(self):
+        msg = (
+            "Cannot resolve keyword 'queries_author.name' into field. Choices "
+            "are: cover, created, creator, creator_id, id, modified, name, "
+            "note, note_id, tags"
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(FieldError, msg):
+            Item.objects.values('creator__name').order_by('queries_author.name')
+
     def test_invalid_queryset_model(self):
         msg = 'Cannot use QuerySet for "Article": Use a QuerySet for "ExtraInfo".'
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):