diff --git a/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c b/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c
index f0c8ffebc2c30514b8ecb7727f963c3ce9007735..fd2a9f5a8c6ee1206dd6d652726e03d3580fc0db 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c
@@ -891,11 +891,15 @@ static int32_t tscCheckIfCreateTable(char **sqlstr, SSqlObj *pSql) {
       return tscInvalidSQLErrMsg(pCmd->payload, "keyword TAGS expected", sToken.z);
     }
 
+    SKVRowBuilder kvRowBuilder = {0};
+    if (tdInitKVRowBuilder(&kvRowBuilder) < 0) {
+      return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    }
+
     uint32_t ignoreTokenTypes = TK_LP;
     uint32_t numOfIgnoreToken = 1;
     for (int i = 0; i < spd.numOfAssignedCols; ++i) {
-      char *  tagVal = pTag->data + spd.elems[i].offset;
-      int16_t colIndex = spd.elems[i].colIndex;
+      SSchema* pSchema = pTagSchema + spd.elems[i].colIndex;
 
       index = 0;
       sToken = tStrGetToken(sql, &index, true, numOfIgnoreToken, &ignoreTokenTypes);
@@ -911,12 +915,21 @@ static int32_t tscCheckIfCreateTable(char **sqlstr, SSqlObj *pSql) {
         sToken.n -= 2;
       }
 
-      code = tsParseOneColumnData(&pTagSchema[colIndex], &sToken, tagVal, pCmd->payload, &sql, false, tinfo.precision);
+      char tagVal[TSDB_MAX_TAGS_LEN];
+      code = tsParseOneColumnData(pSchema, &sToken, tagVal, pCmd->payload, &sql, false, tinfo.precision);
       if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
         return code;
       }
+
+      tdAddColToKVRow(&kvRowBuilder, pSchema->colId, pSchema->type, tagVal);
     }
 
+    SKVRow row = tdGetKVRowFromBuilder(&kvRowBuilder);
+    pTag->dataLen = kvRowLen(row);
+    memcpy(pTag->data, row, pTag->dataLen);
+    free(row);
+    tdDestroyKVRowBuilder(&kvRowBuilder);
+
     index = 0;
     sToken = tStrGetToken(sql, &index, false, 0, NULL);
     sql += index;
@@ -924,29 +937,7 @@ static int32_t tscCheckIfCreateTable(char **sqlstr, SSqlObj *pSql) {
       return tscInvalidSQLErrMsg(pCmd->payload, ") expected", sToken.z);
     }
 
-    // 2. set the null value for the columns that do not assign values
-    if (spd.numOfAssignedCols < spd.numOfCols) {
-      char *ptr = pTag->data;
-
-      for (int32_t i = 0; i < spd.numOfCols; ++i) {
-        if (!spd.hasVal[i]) {  // current tag column do not have any value to insert, set it to null
-          if (pTagSchema[i].type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY || pTagSchema[i].type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR) {
-            setVardataNull(ptr, pTagSchema[i].type);
-          } else {
-            setNull(ptr, pTagSchema[i].type, pTagSchema[i].bytes);
-          }
-        }
-
-        ptr += pTagSchema[i].bytes;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // 3. calculate the actual data size of STagData
-    pCmd->payloadLen = sizeof(pTag->name) + sizeof(pTag->dataLen);
-    for (int32_t t = 0; t < numOfTags; ++t) {
-      pTag->dataLen += pTagSchema[t].bytes;
-      pCmd->payloadLen += pTagSchema[t].bytes;
-    }
+    pCmd->payloadLen = sizeof(pTag->name) + sizeof(pTag->dataLen) + pTag->dataLen;
     pTag->dataLen = htonl(pTag->dataLen);
 
     if (tscValidateName(&tableToken) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index df18d7a56baa42d3286df29e156b1317c3e942cf..25fb2968f7423e06c734f0fc3cebe52b5ed05173 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -5623,25 +5623,36 @@ int32_t doCheckForCreateFromStable(SSqlObj* pSql, SSqlInfo* pInfo) {
   SSchema* pTagSchema = tscGetTableTagSchema(pStableMeterMetaInfo->pTableMeta);
 
   STagData* pTag = &pCreateTable->usingInfo.tagdata;
-  char* tagVal = pTag->data;
+  SKVRowBuilder kvRowBuilder = {0};
+  if (tdInitKVRowBuilder(&kvRowBuilder) < 0) {
+    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+  }
+
   int32_t ret = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
-  
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < pList->nExpr; ++i) {
-    if (pTagSchema[i].type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY || pTagSchema[i].type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR) {
+    SSchema* pSchema = pTagSchema + i;
+    if (pSchema->type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY || pSchema->type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR) {
       // validate the length of binary
-      if (pList->a[i].pVar.nLen + VARSTR_HEADER_SIZE > pTagSchema[i].bytes) {
+      if (pList->a[i].pVar.nLen + VARSTR_HEADER_SIZE > pSchema->bytes) {
         return invalidSqlErrMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg3);
       }
     }
     
-    ret = tVariantDump(&(pList->a[i].pVar), tagVal, pTagSchema[i].type, true);
+    char tagVal[TSDB_MAX_TAGS_LEN];
+    ret = tVariantDump(&(pList->a[i].pVar), tagVal, pSchema->type, true);
     if (ret != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
       return invalidSqlErrMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg4);
     }
 
-    tagVal += pTagSchema[i].bytes;
+    tdAddColToKVRow(&kvRowBuilder, pSchema->colId, pSchema->type, tagVal);
   }
 
+  SKVRow row = tdGetKVRowFromBuilder(&kvRowBuilder);
+  pTag->dataLen = kvRowLen(row);
+  memcpy(pTag->data, row, pTag->dataLen);
+  free(row);
+  tdDestroyKVRowBuilder(&kvRowBuilder);
+
   // table name
   if (tscValidateName(&pInfo->pCreateTableInfo->name) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
     return invalidSqlErrMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg1);
@@ -5653,7 +5664,7 @@ int32_t doCheckForCreateFromStable(SSqlObj* pSql, SSqlInfo* pInfo) {
     return ret;
   }
 
-  pTag->dataLen = tagVal - pTag->data;
+  //pTag->dataLen = tagVal - pTag->data;
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
index 13b676ee1dc27be6a8f6c2f76fc5b8cd942d6089..7851329c470b7b67a68f3484c6a02322da1ba1ab 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
@@ -233,26 +233,10 @@ STableCfg *tsdbCreateTableCfgFromMsg(SMDCreateTableMsg *pMsg) {
     if (tsdbTableSetSName(pCfg, pMsg->superTableId, true) < 0) goto _err;
     if (tsdbTableSetSuperUid(pCfg, htobe64(pMsg->superTableUid)) < 0) goto _err;
 
-    // Decode tag values
-    if (pMsg->tagDataLen) {
-      int   accBytes = 0;
+    int32_t tagDataLen = htonl(pMsg->tagDataLen);
+    if (tagDataLen) {
       char *pTagData = pMsg->data + (numOfCols + numOfTags) * sizeof(SSchema);
-
-      SKVRowBuilder kvRowBuilder = {0};
-      if (tdInitKVRowBuilder(&kvRowBuilder) < 0) {
-        terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-        goto _err;
-      }
-      for (int i = numOfCols; i < numOfCols + numOfTags; i++) {
-        if (tdAddColToKVRow(&kvRowBuilder, htons(pSchema[i].colId), pSchema[i].type, pTagData + accBytes) < 0) {
-          terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-          goto _err;
-        }
-        accBytes += htons(pSchema[i].bytes);
-      }
-
-      tsdbTableSetTagValue(pCfg, tdGetKVRowFromBuilder(&kvRowBuilder), false);
-      tdDestroyKVRowBuilder(&kvRowBuilder);
+      tsdbTableSetTagValue(pCfg, pTagData, true);
     }
   }