### Description

`from employees | eval x = 1 | keep x` results in 

```
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Integer.intValue()" because the return value of "org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.Layout.getChannel(org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.NameId)" is null
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.alignPageToAttributes(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:281)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.planExchangeSink(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:305)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:199)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:146)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService.runCompute(ComputeService.java:246)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService$DataNodeRequestHandler.lambda$messageReceived$5(ComputeService.java:415)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$2.onResponse(ActionListener.java:177)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener.completeWith(ActionListener.java:305)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService.lambda$acquireSearchContexts$13(ComputeService.java:280)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.ensureShardSearchActive(IndexShard.java:3911)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService.acquireSearchContexts(ComputeService.java:278)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService$DataNodeRequestHandler.messageReceived(ComputeService.java:413)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService$DataNodeRequestHandler.messageReceived(ComputeService.java:405)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.transport.RequestHandlerRegistry.processMessageReceived(RequestHandlerRegistry.java:74)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService$6.doRun(TransportService.java:1023)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:983)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:26)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.TimedRunnable.doRun(TimedRunnable.java:33)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:983)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.10.0-SNAPSHOT/org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:26)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1623)
```
x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlActionIT.java
ensureYellow("test_overlapping_index_patterns_1");
        client().prepareBulk()
            .setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
            .add(new IndexRequest("test_overlapping_index_patterns_1").id("1").source("field", 10))
            .get();
        assertAcked(
            client().admin()
                .indices()
                .prepareCreate("test_overlapping_index_patterns_2")
                .setSettings(Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, between(1, 5)))
                .setMapping("field", "type=keyword")
                .get()
        );
        ensureYellow("test_overlapping_index_patterns_2");
        client().prepareBulk()
            .setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
            .add(new IndexRequest("test_overlapping_index_patterns_2").id("1").source("field", "foo"))
            .get();
        expectThrows(VerificationException.class, () -> run("from test_overlapping_index_patterns_* | sort field"));
    }
    public void testEmptyIndex() {
        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test_empty").setMapping("k", "type=keyword", "v", "type=long").get());
        EsqlQueryResponse results = run("from test_empty");
        assertThat(results.columns(), equalTo(List.of(new ColumnInfo("k", "keyword"), new ColumnInfo("v", "long"))));
        assertThat(results.values(), empty());
    }
    public void testShowInfo() {
        EsqlQueryResponse results = run("show info");
        assertThat(
            results.columns(),