/*
 * Copyright (c) 2019 TAOS Data, Inc. <jhtao@taosdata.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can use, redistribute, and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3
 * or later ("AGPL"), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#define _GNU_SOURCE

#include "os.h"
#include "texpr.h"

#include "tsched.h"
#include "qTsbuf.h"
#include "tcompare.h"
#include "tscLog.h"
#include "tscSubquery.h"
#include "qTableMeta.h"
#include "tsclient.h"
#include "qUdf.h"
#include "qUtil.h"
#include "qPlan.h"

typedef struct SInsertSupporter {
  SSqlObj*  pSql;
  int32_t   index;
} SInsertSupporter;

static void freeJoinSubqueryObj(SSqlObj* pSql);
//static bool tscHasRemainDataInSubqueryResultSet(SSqlObj *pSql);

static int32_t tsCompare(int32_t order, int64_t left, int64_t right) {
  if (left == right) {
    return 0;
  }

  if (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC) {
    return left < right? -1:1;
  } else {
    return left > right? -1:1;
  }
}

static void skipRemainValue(STSBuf* pTSBuf, tVariant* tag1) {
  STSElem el1 = tsBufGetElem(pTSBuf);

  int32_t res = tVariantCompare(el1.tag, tag1);
  if (res != 0) { // it is a record with new tag
    return;
  }

  while (tsBufNextPos(pTSBuf)) {
    el1 = tsBufGetElem(pTSBuf);

    res = tVariantCompare(el1.tag, tag1);
    if (res != 0) { // it is a record with new tag
      return;
    }
  }
}

static void subquerySetState(SSqlObj *pSql, SSubqueryState *subState, int idx, int8_t state) {
  assert(idx < subState->numOfSub && subState->states != NULL);
  tscDebug("subquery:0x%"PRIx64",%d state set to %d", pSql->self, idx, state);

  pthread_mutex_lock(&subState->mutex);
  subState->states[idx] = state;
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&subState->mutex);
}

static bool allSubqueryDone(SSqlObj *pParentSql) {
  bool done = true;
  SSubqueryState *subState = &pParentSql->subState;

  //lock in caller
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" total subqueries: %d", pParentSql->self, subState->numOfSub);
  for (int i = 0; i < subState->numOfSub; i++) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pParentSql->pSubs[i];
    if (0 == subState->states[i]) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subquery:0x%"PRIx64", index: %d NOT finished yet", pParentSql->self, pSub->self, i);
      done = false;
      break;
    } else {
      if (pSub != NULL) {
        tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subquery:0x%"PRIx64", index: %d finished", pParentSql->self, pSub->self, i);
      } else {
        tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subquery:%p, index: %d finished", pParentSql->self, pSub, i);
      }
    }
  }

  return done;
}

bool subAndCheckDone(SSqlObj *pSql, SSqlObj *pParentSql, int idx) {
  SSubqueryState *subState = &pParentSql->subState;
  assert(idx < subState->numOfSub);

  pthread_mutex_lock(&subState->mutex);

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subquery:0x%"PRIx64", index:%d state set to 1", pParentSql->self, pSql->self, idx);
  subState->states[idx] = 1;

  bool done = allSubqueryDone(pParentSql);
  if (!done) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:%p,%d completed, total:%d", pParentSql->self, pSql, idx, pParentSql->subState.numOfSub);
  }
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&subState->mutex);
  return done;
}



static int64_t doTSBlockIntersect(SSqlObj* pSql, STimeWindow * win) {
  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);

  win->skey = INT64_MAX;
  win->ekey = INT64_MIN;

  SLimitVal* pLimit = &pQueryInfo->limit;
  int32_t    order = pQueryInfo->order.order;
  int32_t    joinNum = pSql->subState.numOfSub;
  SMergeTsCtx ctxlist[TSDB_MAX_JOIN_TABLE_NUM] = {{0}};
  SMergeTsCtx* ctxStack[TSDB_MAX_JOIN_TABLE_NUM] = {0};
  int32_t slot = 0;
  size_t tableNum = 0;
  int16_t* tableMIdx = 0;
  int32_t equalNum = 0;
  int32_t stackidx = 0;
  SMergeTsCtx* ctx = NULL;
  SMergeTsCtx* pctx = NULL;
  SMergeTsCtx* mainCtx = NULL;
  STSElem cur;
  STSElem prev;
  SArray*   tsCond = NULL;
  int32_t mergeDone = 0;

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < joinNum; ++i) {
    STSBuf* output = tsBufCreate(true, pQueryInfo->order.order);
    SQueryInfo* pSubQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->pSubs[i]->cmd);

    pSubQueryInfo->tsBuf = output;

    SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = pSql->pSubs[i]->param;

    if (pSupporter->pTSBuf == NULL) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" at least one ts-comp is empty, 0 for secondary query after ts blocks intersecting", pSql->self);
      return 0;
    }

    tsBufResetPos(pSupporter->pTSBuf);

    if (!tsBufNextPos(pSupporter->pTSBuf)) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" input1 is empty, 0 for secondary query after ts blocks intersecting", pSql->self);
      return 0;
    }

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" table idx:%d, input group number:%d", pSql->self,
        pSql->pSubs[i]->self, i, pSupporter->pTSBuf->numOfGroups);

    ctxlist[i].p = pSupporter;
    ctxlist[i].res = output;
  }

  TSKEY st = taosGetTimestampUs();

  for (int16_t tidx = 0; tidx < joinNum; tidx++) {
    pctx = &ctxlist[tidx];
    if (pctx->compared) {
      continue;
    }

    assert(pctx->numOfInput == 0);

    tsCond = pQueryInfo->tagCond.joinInfo.joinTables[tidx]->tsJoin;

    tableNum = taosArrayGetSize(tsCond);
    assert(tableNum >= 2);

    for (int32_t i = 0; i < tableNum; ++i) {
      tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tsCond, i);
      SMergeTsCtx* tctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];
      tctx->compared = 1;
    }

    tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tsCond, 0);
    pctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];

    mainCtx = pctx;

    while (1) {
      pctx = mainCtx;

      prev = tsBufGetElem(pctx->p->pTSBuf);

      ctxStack[stackidx++] = pctx;

      if (!tsBufIsValidElem(&prev)) {
        break;
      }

      tVariant tag = {0};
      tVariantAssign(&tag, prev.tag);

      int32_t skipped = 0;

      for (int32_t i = 1; i < tableNum; ++i) {
        SMergeTsCtx* tctx = &ctxlist[i];

        // find the data in supporter2 with the same tag value
        STSElem e2 = tsBufFindElemStartPosByTag(tctx->p->pTSBuf, &tag);

        if (!tsBufIsValidElem(&e2)) {
          skipRemainValue(pctx->p->pTSBuf, &tag);
          skipped = 1;
          break;
        }
      }

      if (skipped) {
        slot = 0;
        stackidx = 0;
        continue;
      }

      tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tsCond, ++slot);
      equalNum = 1;

      while (1) {
        ctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];

        prev = tsBufGetElem(pctx->p->pTSBuf);
        cur = tsBufGetElem(ctx->p->pTSBuf);

        // data with current are exhausted
        if (!tsBufIsValidElem(&prev) || tVariantCompare(prev.tag, &tag) != 0) {
          break;
        }

        if (!tsBufIsValidElem(&cur) || tVariantCompare(cur.tag, &tag) != 0) { // ignore all records with the same tag
          break;
        }

        ctxStack[stackidx++] = ctx;

        int32_t ret = tsCompare(order, prev.ts, cur.ts);
        if (ret == 0) {
          if (++equalNum < tableNum) {
            pctx = ctx;

            if (++slot >= tableNum) {
              slot = 0;
            }

            tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tsCond, slot);
            continue;
          }

          assert(stackidx == tableNum);

          if (pLimit->offset == 0 || pQueryInfo->interval.interval > 0 || QUERY_IS_STABLE_QUERY(pQueryInfo->type)) {
            if (win->skey > prev.ts) {
              win->skey = prev.ts;
            }

            if (win->ekey < prev.ts) {
              win->ekey = prev.ts;
            }

            for (int32_t i = 0; i < stackidx; ++i) {
              SMergeTsCtx* tctx = ctxStack[i];
              prev = tsBufGetElem(tctx->p->pTSBuf);

              tsBufAppend(tctx->res, prev.id, prev.tag, (const char*)&prev.ts, sizeof(prev.ts));
            }
          } else {
            pLimit->offset -= 1;//offset apply to projection?
          }

          for (int32_t i = 0; i < stackidx; ++i) {
            SMergeTsCtx* tctx = ctxStack[i];

            if (!tsBufNextPos(tctx->p->pTSBuf) && tctx == mainCtx) {
              mergeDone = 1;
            }
            tctx->numOfInput++;
          }

          if (mergeDone) {
            break;
          }

          stackidx = 0;
          equalNum = 1;

          ctxStack[stackidx++] = pctx;
        } else if (ret > 0) {
          if (!tsBufNextPos(ctx->p->pTSBuf) && ctx == mainCtx) {
            mergeDone = 1;
            break;
          }

          ctx->numOfInput++;
          stackidx--;
        } else {
          stackidx--;

          for (int32_t i = 0; i < stackidx; ++i) {
            SMergeTsCtx* tctx = ctxStack[i];

            if (!tsBufNextPos(tctx->p->pTSBuf) && tctx == mainCtx) {
              mergeDone = 1;
            }
            tctx->numOfInput++;
          }

          if (mergeDone) {
            break;
          }

          stackidx = 0;
          equalNum = 1;

          ctxStack[stackidx++] = pctx;
        }

      }

      if (mergeDone) {
        break;
      }

      slot = 0;
      stackidx = 0;

      skipRemainValue(mainCtx->p->pTSBuf, &tag);
    }

    stackidx = 0;
    slot = 0;
    mergeDone = 0;
  }

  /*
   * failed to set the correct ts order yet in two cases:
   * 1. only one element
   * 2. only one element for each tag.
   */
  if (ctxlist[0].res->tsOrder == -1) {
    for (int32_t i = 0; i < joinNum; ++i) {
      ctxlist[i].res->tsOrder = TSDB_ORDER_ASC;
    }
  }

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < joinNum; ++i) {
    tsBufFlush(ctxlist[i].res);

    tsBufDestroy(ctxlist[i].p->pTSBuf);
    ctxlist[i].p->pTSBuf = NULL;
  }
    
  TSKEY et = taosGetTimestampUs();

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < joinNum; ++i) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" tblidx:%d, input:%" PRId64 ", final:%" PRId64 " in %d vnodes for secondary query after ts blocks "
             "intersecting, skey:%" PRId64 ", ekey:%" PRId64 ", numOfVnode:%d, elapsed time:%" PRId64 " us",
             pSql->self, pSql->pSubs[i]->self, i, ctxlist[i].numOfInput, ctxlist[i].res->numOfTotal, ctxlist[i].res->numOfGroups, win->skey, win->ekey,
             tsBufGetNumOfGroup(ctxlist[i].res), et - st);
  }

  return ctxlist[0].res->numOfTotal;
}


// todo handle failed to create sub query
SJoinSupporter* tscCreateJoinSupporter(SSqlObj* pSql, int32_t index) {
  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = calloc(1, sizeof(SJoinSupporter));
  if (pSupporter == NULL) {
    return NULL;
  }

  pSupporter->pObj = pSql;

  pSupporter->subqueryIndex = index;
  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
  
  memcpy(&pSupporter->interval, &pQueryInfo->interval, sizeof(pSupporter->interval));
  pSupporter->limit = pQueryInfo->limit;

  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pSql->cmd, index);
  pSupporter->uid = pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid;
  assert (pSupporter->uid != 0);

  taosGetTmpfilePath("join-", pSupporter->path);

  // do NOT create file here to reduce crash generated file left issue
  pSupporter->f = NULL;

  return pSupporter;
}

static void tscDestroyJoinSupporter(SJoinSupporter* pSupporter) {
  if (pSupporter == NULL) {
    return;
  }

  if (pSupporter->exprList != NULL) {
    tscExprDestroy(pSupporter->exprList);
    pSupporter->exprList = NULL;
  }
  
  if (pSupporter->colList != NULL) {
    tscColumnListDestroy(pSupporter->colList);
  }

//  tscFieldInfoClear(&pSupporter->fieldsInfo);
  if (pSupporter->fieldsInfo.internalField != NULL) {
    taosArrayDestroy(pSupporter->fieldsInfo.internalField);
  }
  if (pSupporter->pTSBuf != NULL) {
    tsBufDestroy(pSupporter->pTSBuf);
    pSupporter->pTSBuf = NULL;
  }

  unlink(pSupporter->path);
  
  if (pSupporter->f != NULL) {
    fclose(pSupporter->f);
    pSupporter->f = NULL;
  }

  if (pSupporter->pVgroupTables != NULL) {
    //taosArrayDestroy(pSupporter->pVgroupTables);
    tscFreeVgroupTableInfo(pSupporter->pVgroupTables); 
    pSupporter->pVgroupTables = NULL;
  }

  tfree(pSupporter->pIdTagList);
  tscTagCondRelease(&pSupporter->tagCond);
  free(pSupporter);
}

static void filterVgroupTables(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SArray* pVgroupTables) {
  int32_t  num = 0;
  int32_t* list = NULL;
  tsBufGetGroupIdList(pQueryInfo->tsBuf, &num, &list);

  // The virtual node, of which all tables are disqualified after the timestamp intersection,
  // is removed to avoid next stage query.
  // TODO: If tables from some vnodes are not qualified for next stage query, discard them.
  for (int32_t k = 0; k < taosArrayGetSize(pVgroupTables);) {
    SVgroupTableInfo* p = taosArrayGet(pVgroupTables, k);

    bool found = false;
    for (int32_t f = 0; f < num; ++f) {
      if (p->vgInfo.vgId == list[f]) {
        found = true;
        break;
      }
    }

    if (!found) {
      tscRemoveVgroupTableGroup(pVgroupTables, k);
    } else {
      k++;
    }
  }

  assert(taosArrayGetSize(pVgroupTables) > 0);
  TSDB_QUERY_SET_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_MULTITABLE_QUERY);

  tfree(list);
}

static SArray* buildVgroupTableByResult(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SArray* pVgroupTables) {
  int32_t  num = 0;
  int32_t* list = NULL;
  tsBufGetGroupIdList(pQueryInfo->tsBuf, &num, &list);

  size_t numOfGroups = taosArrayGetSize(pVgroupTables);

  SArray* pNew = taosArrayInit(num, sizeof(SVgroupTableInfo));

  SVgroupTableInfo info;
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
    int32_t vnodeId = list[i];

    for (int32_t j = 0; j < numOfGroups; ++j) {
      SVgroupTableInfo* p1 = taosArrayGet(pVgroupTables, j);
      if (p1->vgInfo.vgId == vnodeId) {
        tscVgroupTableCopy(&info, p1);
        break;
      }
    }

    taosArrayPush(pNew, &info);
  }

  tfree(list);
  TSDB_QUERY_SET_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_MULTITABLE_QUERY);

  return pNew;
}

/*
 * launch secondary stage query to fetch the result that contains timestamp in set
 */
static int32_t tscLaunchRealSubqueries(SSqlObj* pSql) {
  int32_t         numOfSub = 0;
  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = NULL;
  
  //If the columns are not involved in the final select clause, the corresponding query will not be issued.
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    pSupporter = pSql->pSubs[i]->param;
    if (taosArrayGetSize(pSupporter->exprList) > 0) {
      ++numOfSub;
    }
  }
  
  assert(numOfSub > 0);
  
  // scan all subquery, if one sub query has only ts, ignore it
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" start to launch secondary subqueries, %d out of %d needs to query", pSql->self, numOfSub, pSql->subState.numOfSub);

  bool success = true;
  
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj *pPrevSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    pSql->pSubs[i] = NULL;
    
    pSupporter = pPrevSub->param;
  
    if (taosArrayGetSize(pSupporter->exprList) == 0) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subIndex: %d, no need to launch query, ignore it", pSql->self, i);
    
      tscDestroyJoinSupporter(pSupporter);
      taos_free_result(pPrevSub);
    
      pSql->pSubs[i] = NULL;
      continue;
    }
  
    SQueryInfo *pSubQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pPrevSub->cmd);
    STSBuf     *pTsBuf = pSubQueryInfo->tsBuf;
    pSubQueryInfo->tsBuf = NULL;
  
    // free result for async object will also free sqlObj
    assert(tscNumOfExprs(pSubQueryInfo) == 1); // ts_comp query only requires one result columns
    taos_free_result(pPrevSub);
  
    SSqlObj *pNew = createSubqueryObj(pSql, (int16_t) i, tscJoinQueryCallback, pSupporter, TSDB_SQL_SELECT, NULL);
    if (pNew == NULL) {
      tscDestroyJoinSupporter(pSupporter);
      success = false;
      break;
    }

    tscClearSubqueryInfo(&pNew->cmd);
    pSql->pSubs[i] = pNew;
  
    SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pNew->cmd);
    pQueryInfo->tsBuf = pTsBuf;  // transfer the ownership of timestamp comp-z data to the new created object

    // set the second stage sub query for join process
    TSDB_QUERY_SET_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_JOIN_SEC_STAGE);
    memcpy(&pQueryInfo->interval, &pSupporter->interval, sizeof(pQueryInfo->interval));

    tscTagCondCopy(&pQueryInfo->tagCond, &pSupporter->tagCond);

    pQueryInfo->colList     = pSupporter->colList;
    pQueryInfo->exprList    = pSupporter->exprList;
    pQueryInfo->fieldsInfo  = pSupporter->fieldsInfo;
    pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr = pSupporter->groupInfo;
    pQueryInfo->pUpstream   = taosArrayInit(4, sizeof(POINTER_BYTES));

    assert(pNew->subState.numOfSub == 0 && pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);
  
    tscFieldInfoUpdateOffset(pQueryInfo);
  
    STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
    pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables = pSupporter->pVgroupTables;

    pSupporter->exprList = NULL;
    pSupporter->colList  = NULL;
    pSupporter->pVgroupTables = NULL;
    memset(&pSupporter->fieldsInfo, 0, sizeof(SFieldInfo));
    memset(&pSupporter->groupInfo, 0, sizeof(SGroupbyExpr));

    /*
     * When handling the projection query, the offset value will be modified for table-table join, which is changed
     * during the timestamp intersection.
     */
    pSupporter->limit = pQueryInfo->limit;
    SColumnIndex index = {.tableIndex = 0, .columnIndex = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX};
    SSchema* s = tscGetTableColumnSchema(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta, 0);

    SExprInfo* pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, 0);
    int16_t funcId = pExpr->base.functionId;

    // add the invisible timestamp column
    if ((pExpr->base.colInfo.colId != PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX) ||
        (funcId != TSDB_FUNC_TS && funcId != TSDB_FUNC_TS_DUMMY && funcId != TSDB_FUNC_PRJ)) {

      int16_t functionId = tscIsProjectionQuery(pQueryInfo)? TSDB_FUNC_PRJ : TSDB_FUNC_TS;

      tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pQueryInfo, 0, functionId, &index, s, TSDB_COL_NORMAL, getNewResColId(&pNew->cmd));
      tscPrintSelNodeList(pNew, 0);
      tscFieldInfoUpdateOffset(pQueryInfo);

      pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, 0);
    }

    // set the join condition tag column info, todo extract method
    if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
      assert(pQueryInfo->tagCond.joinInfo.hasJoin);
      int16_t colId = tscGetJoinTagColIdByUid(&pQueryInfo->tagCond, pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid);

      // set the tag column id for executor to extract correct tag value
#ifndef _TD_NINGSI_60
      pExpr->base.param[0] = (tVariant) {.i64 = colId, .nType = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT, .nLen = sizeof(int64_t)};
#else
      pExpr->base.param[0].i64 = colId;
      pExpr->base.param[0].nType = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT;
      pExpr->base.param[0].nLen = sizeof(int64_t);
#endif
      pExpr->base.numOfParams = 1;
    }

    if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
      assert(pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables != NULL);
      if (tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0)) {
        SArray* p = buildVgroupTableByResult(pQueryInfo, pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
        tscFreeVgroupTableInfo(pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
        pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables = p;
      } else {
        filterVgroupTables(pQueryInfo, pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
      }
    }

    subquerySetState(pNew, &pSql->subState, i, 0);
    
    size_t numOfCols = taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->colList);
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subquery:0x%"PRIx64" tableIndex:%d, vgroupIndex:%d, type:%d, exprInfo:%" PRIzu ", colList:%" PRIzu ", fieldsInfo:%d, name:%s",
             pSql->self, pNew->self, 0, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, pQueryInfo->type, taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->exprList),
             numOfCols, pQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.numOfOutput, tNameGetTableName(&pTableMetaInfo->name));
  }
  
  //prepare the subqueries object failed, abort
  if (!success) {
    pSql->res.code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to prepare subqueries objs for secondary phase query, numOfSub:%d, code:%d", pSql->self,
        pSql->subState.numOfSub, pSql->res.code);
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pSql);
    
    return pSql->res.code;
  }
  
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    if (pSql->pSubs[i] == NULL) {
      continue;
    }

    SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->pSubs[i]->cmd);
    executeQuery(pSql->pSubs[i], pQueryInfo);
  }

  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
}

void freeJoinSubqueryObj(SSqlObj* pSql) {
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSub == NULL) {
      continue;
    }
    
    SJoinSupporter* p = pSub->param;
    tscDestroyJoinSupporter(p);

    taos_free_result(pSub);
    pSql->pSubs[i] = NULL;
  }

  if (pSql->subState.states) {
    pthread_mutex_destroy(&pSql->subState.mutex);
  }
  
  tfree(pSql->subState.states);
  pSql->subState.numOfSub = 0;
}

static int32_t quitAllSubquery(SSqlObj* pSqlSub, SSqlObj* pSqlObj, SJoinSupporter* pSupporter) {
  if (subAndCheckDone(pSqlSub, pSqlObj, pSupporter->subqueryIndex)) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" all subquery return and query failed, global code:%s", pSqlObj->self, tstrerror(pSqlObj->res.code));
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pSqlObj);
    return 0;
  }

  return 1;
  //tscDestroyJoinSupporter(pSupporter);
}

// update the query time range according to the join results on timestamp
static void updateQueryTimeRange(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, STimeWindow* win) {
  assert(pQueryInfo->window.skey <= win->skey && pQueryInfo->window.ekey >= win->ekey);
  pQueryInfo->window = *win;
}

int32_t tagValCompar(const void* p1, const void* p2) {
  const STidTags* t1 = (const STidTags*) varDataVal(p1);
  const STidTags* t2 = (const STidTags*) varDataVal(p2);

  __compar_fn_t func = getComparFunc(t1->padding, 0);

  return func(t1->tag, t2->tag);
}

int32_t tidTagsCompar(const void* p1, const void* p2) {
  const STidTags* t1 = (const STidTags*) (p1);
  const STidTags* t2 = (const STidTags*) (p2);
  
  if (t1->vgId != t2->vgId) {
    return (t1->vgId > t2->vgId) ? 1 : -1;
  }

  return tagValCompar(p1, p2);
}

void tscBuildVgroupTableInfo(SSqlObj* pSql, STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo, SArray* tables) {
  SArray*   result = taosArrayInit(4, sizeof(SVgroupTableInfo));
  SArray*   vgTables = NULL;
  STidTags* prev = NULL;

  size_t numOfTables = taosArrayGetSize(tables);
  for (size_t i = 0; i < numOfTables; i++) {
    STidTags* tt = taosArrayGet(tables, i);

    if (prev == NULL || tt->vgId != prev->vgId) {
      SVgroupsInfo* pvg = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList;

      SVgroupTableInfo info = {{0}};
      for (int32_t m = 0; m < pvg->numOfVgroups; ++m) {
        if (tt->vgId == pvg->vgroups[m].vgId) {
          tscSVgroupInfoCopy(&info.vgInfo, &pvg->vgroups[m]);
          break;
        }
      }
      assert(info.vgInfo.numOfEps != 0);

      vgTables = taosArrayInit(4, sizeof(STableIdInfo));
      info.itemList = vgTables;

      if (taosArrayGetSize(result) > 0) {
        SVgroupTableInfo* prevGroup = taosArrayGet(result, taosArrayGetSize(result) - 1);
        tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" vgId:%d, tables:%"PRIzu, pSql->self, prevGroup->vgInfo.vgId, taosArrayGetSize(prevGroup->itemList));
      }

      taosArrayPush(result, &info);
    }

    STableIdInfo item = {.uid = tt->uid, .tid = tt->tid, .key = INT64_MIN};
    taosArrayPush(vgTables, &item);

    tscTrace("0x%"PRIx64" tid:%d, uid:%"PRIu64",vgId:%d added", pSql->self, tt->tid, tt->uid, tt->vgId);
    prev = tt;
  }

  pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex = 0;
  
  if (taosArrayGetSize(result) <= 0) {
    pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables = NULL;
    taosArrayDestroy(result);
  } else {
    pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables = result;

    SVgroupTableInfo* g = taosArrayGet(result, taosArrayGetSize(result) - 1);
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" vgId:%d, tables:%"PRIzu, pSql->self, g->vgInfo.vgId, taosArrayGetSize(g->itemList));
  }
}

static void issueTsCompQuery(SSqlObj* pSql, SJoinSupporter* pSupporter, SSqlObj* pParent) {
  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  tscClearSubqueryInfo(pCmd);
  tscFreeSqlResult(pSql);

  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);

  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
  STimeWindow window = pQueryInfo->window;
  tscInitQueryInfo(pQueryInfo);

  pQueryInfo->window = window;
  TSDB_QUERY_CLEAR_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_TAG_FILTER_QUERY);
  TSDB_QUERY_SET_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_MULTITABLE_QUERY);
  
  pCmd->command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
  pSql->fp = tscJoinQueryCallback;
  
  SSchema colSchema = {.type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY, .bytes = 1};
  
  SColumnIndex index = {0, PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX};
  tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pQueryInfo, 0, TSDB_FUNC_TS_COMP, &index, &colSchema, TSDB_COL_NORMAL, getNewResColId(pCmd));
  
  // set the tags value for ts_comp function
  if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
    SExprInfo *pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, 0);
    int16_t tagColId = tscGetJoinTagColIdByUid(&pSupporter->tagCond, pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid);
    pExpr->base.param[0].i64 = tagColId;
    pExpr->base.param[0].nLen = sizeof(int64_t);
    pExpr->base.param[0].nType = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT;
    pExpr->base.numOfParams = 1;
  }

  // add the filter tag column
  if (pSupporter->colList != NULL) {
    size_t s = taosArrayGetSize(pSupporter->colList);
    
    for (int32_t i = 0; i < s; ++i) {
      SColumn *pCol = taosArrayGetP(pSupporter->colList, i);
      
      if (pCol->info.flist.numOfFilters > 0) {  // copy to the pNew->cmd.colList if it is filtered.
        SColumn *p = tscColumnClone(pCol);
        taosArrayPush(pQueryInfo->colList, &p);
      }
    }
  }
  
  size_t numOfCols = taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->colList);
  
  tscDebug(
      "0x%"PRIx64" subquery:0x%"PRIx64" tableIndex:%d, vgroupIndex:%d, numOfVgroups:%d, type:%d, ts_comp query to retrieve timestamps, "
      "numOfExpr:%" PRIzu ", colList:%" PRIzu ", numOfOutputFields:%d, name:%s",
      pParent->self, pSql->self, 0, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups, pQueryInfo->type,
      tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo), numOfCols, pQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.numOfOutput, tNameGetTableName(&pTableMetaInfo->name));
  
  tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
}

static bool checkForDuplicateTagVal(SSchema* pColSchema, SJoinSupporter* p1, SSqlObj* pPSqlObj) {
  for(int32_t i = 1; i < p1->num; ++i) {
    STidTags* prev = (STidTags*) varDataVal(p1->pIdTagList + (i - 1) * p1->tagSize);
    STidTags* p = (STidTags*) varDataVal(p1->pIdTagList + i * p1->tagSize);
    assert(prev->vgId >= 1 && p->vgId >= 1);

    if (doCompare(prev->tag, p->tag, pColSchema->type, pColSchema->bytes) == 0) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" join tags have same value for different table, free all sub SqlObj and quit", pPSqlObj->self);
      pPSqlObj->res.code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_DUP_JOIN_KEY;
      return false;
    }
  }

  return true;
}


bool tscReparseSql(SSqlObj *sql, int32_t code){
  if (!((code == TSDB_CODE_TDB_INVALID_TABLE_ID || code == TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID) && sql->retry < sql->maxRetry)) {
    return true;
  }

  tscFreeSubobj(sql);      
  tfree(sql->pSubs);

  sql->res.code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
  sql->retry++;
  
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" retry parse sql and send query, prev error: %s, retry:%d", sql->self,
      tstrerror(code), sql->retry);
  
  tscResetSqlCmd(&sql->cmd, true);
  code = tsParseSql(sql, true);
  if (code == TSDB_CODE_TSC_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS) {
    return false;
  }
  
  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    sql->res.code = code;
    tscAsyncResultOnError(sql);
    return false;
  }
  
  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&sql->cmd);
  executeQuery(sql, pQueryInfo);

  return false;
}


static void setTidTagType(SJoinSupporter* p, uint8_t type) {
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < p->num; ++i) {
    STidTags * tag = (STidTags*) varDataVal(p->pIdTagList + i * p->tagSize);
    tag->padding = type;
  }
}

static int32_t getIntersectionOfTableTuple(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlObj* pParentSql, SArray* resList) {
  int16_t joinNum = pParentSql->subState.numOfSub;
  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
  int16_t tagColId = tscGetJoinTagColIdByUid(&pQueryInfo->tagCond, pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid);
  SJoinSupporter* p0 = pParentSql->pSubs[0]->param;
  SMergeCtx ctxlist[TSDB_MAX_JOIN_TABLE_NUM] = {{0}};
  SMergeCtx* ctxStack[TSDB_MAX_JOIN_TABLE_NUM] = {0};

  // int16_t for padding
  int32_t size = p0->tagSize - sizeof(int16_t);

  SSchema* pColSchema = tscGetColumnSchemaById(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta, tagColId);
  
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" all subquery retrieve <tid, tags> complete, do tags match", pParentSql->self);

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < joinNum; i++) {
    SJoinSupporter* p = pParentSql->pSubs[i]->param;

    setTidTagType(p, pColSchema->type);

    ctxlist[i].p = p;
    ctxlist[i].res = taosArrayInit(p->num, size);

    tscDebug("Join %d - num:%d", i, p->num);

    // sort according to the tag valu
    if (p->pIdTagList != NULL) {
      qsort(p->pIdTagList, p->num, p->tagSize, tagValCompar);
    }

    if (!checkForDuplicateTagVal(pColSchema, p, pParentSql)) {
      for (int32_t j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
        taosArrayDestroy(ctxlist[j].res);
      }
      return TSDB_CODE_QRY_DUP_JOIN_KEY;
    }
  }

  int32_t slot = 0;
  size_t tableNum = 0;
  int16_t* tableMIdx = 0;
  int32_t equalNum = 0;
  int32_t stackidx = 0;
  int32_t mergeDone = 0;
  SMergeCtx* ctx = NULL;
  SMergeCtx* pctx = NULL;
  STidTags* cur = NULL;
  STidTags* prev = NULL;
  SArray*   tagCond = NULL;

  for (int16_t tidx = 0; tidx < joinNum; tidx++) {
    pctx = &ctxlist[tidx];
    if (pctx->compared) {
      continue;
    }

    assert(pctx->idx == 0 && taosArrayGetSize(pctx->res) == 0);

    tagCond = pQueryInfo->tagCond.joinInfo.joinTables[tidx]->tagJoin;

    tableNum = taosArrayGetSize(tagCond);
    assert(tableNum >= 2);

    for (int32_t i = 0; i < tableNum; ++i) {
      tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tagCond, i);
      SMergeCtx* tctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];
      tctx->compared = 1;
    }

    for (int32_t i = 0; i < tableNum; ++i) {
      tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tagCond, i);
      SMergeCtx* tctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];
      if (tctx->p->num <= 0 || tctx->p->pIdTagList == NULL) {
        mergeDone = 1;
        break;
      }
    }

    if (mergeDone) {
      mergeDone = 0;
      continue;
    }

    tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tagCond, slot);

    pctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];

    prev = (STidTags*) varDataVal(pctx->p->pIdTagList + pctx->idx * pctx->p->tagSize);

    ctxStack[stackidx++] = pctx;

    tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tagCond, ++slot);

    equalNum = 1;

    while (1) {
      ctx = &ctxlist[*tableMIdx];

      cur = (STidTags*) varDataVal(ctx->p->pIdTagList + ctx->idx * ctx->p->tagSize);

      assert(cur->tid != 0 && prev->tid != 0);

      ctxStack[stackidx++] = ctx;

      int32_t ret = doCompare(prev->tag, cur->tag, pColSchema->type, pColSchema->bytes);
      if (ret == 0) {
        if (++equalNum < tableNum) {
          prev = cur;
          pctx = ctx;

          if (++slot >= tableNum) {
            slot = 0;
          }

          tableMIdx = taosArrayGet(tagCond, slot);
          continue;
        }
        
        tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" tag matched, vgId:%d, val:%d, tid:%d, uid:%"PRIu64", tid:%d, uid:%"PRIu64, pParentSql->self, prev->vgId,
                 *(int*) prev->tag, prev->tid, prev->uid, cur->tid, cur->uid);

        assert(stackidx == tableNum);

        for (int32_t i = 0; i < stackidx; ++i) {
          SMergeCtx* tctx = ctxStack[i];
          prev = (STidTags*) varDataVal(tctx->p->pIdTagList + tctx->idx * tctx->p->tagSize);

          taosArrayPush(tctx->res, prev);
        }

        for (int32_t i = 0; i < stackidx; ++i) {
          SMergeCtx* tctx = ctxStack[i];

          if (++tctx->idx >= tctx->p->num) {
            mergeDone = 1;
            break;
          }
        }

        if (mergeDone) {
          break;
        }

        stackidx = 0;
        equalNum = 1;

        prev = (STidTags*) varDataVal(pctx->p->pIdTagList + pctx->idx * pctx->p->tagSize);

        ctxStack[stackidx++] = pctx;
      } else if (ret > 0) {
        stackidx--;

        if (++ctx->idx >= ctx->p->num) {
          break;
        }
      } else {
        stackidx--;

        for (int32_t i = 0; i < stackidx; ++i) {
          SMergeCtx* tctx = ctxStack[i];
          if (++tctx->idx >= tctx->p->num) {
            mergeDone = 1;
            break;
          }
        }

        if (mergeDone) {
          break;
        }

        stackidx = 0;
        equalNum = 1;

        prev = (STidTags*) varDataVal(pctx->p->pIdTagList + pctx->idx * pctx->p->tagSize);
        ctxStack[stackidx++] = pctx;
      }

    }

    slot = 0;
    mergeDone = 0;
    stackidx = 0;
  }

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < joinNum; ++i) {
    // reorganize the tid-tag value according to both the vgroup id and tag values
    // sort according to the tag value
    size_t num = taosArrayGetSize(ctxlist[i].res);

    qsort((ctxlist[i].res)->pData, num, size, tidTagsCompar);

    taosArrayPush(resList, &ctxlist[i].res);

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" tags match complete, result num: %"PRIzu, pParentSql->self, num);
  }

  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
}

bool emptyTagList(SArray* resList, int32_t size) {
  size_t rsize = taosArrayGetSize(resList);
  if (rsize != size) {
    return true;
  }

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    SArray** s = taosArrayGet(resList, i);
    if (taosArrayGetSize(*s) <= 0) {
      return true;
    }
  }

  return false;
}

static void tidTagRetrieveCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int32_t numOfRows) {
  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = (SJoinSupporter*)param;

  SSqlObj* pParentSql = pSupporter->pObj;

  SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*)tres;
  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);

  // todo, the type may not include TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_TAG_FILTER_QUERY
  assert(TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_TAG_FILTER_QUERY));

  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" abort query due to other subquery failure. code:%d, global code:%d", pSql->self, numOfRows, pParentSql->res.code);
    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }

    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

    return;
  }

  // check for the error code firstly
  if (taos_errno(pSql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    // todo retry if other subqueries are not failed

    assert(numOfRows < 0 && numOfRows == taos_errno(pSql));
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub query failed, code:%s, index:%d", pSql->self, tstrerror(numOfRows), pSupporter->subqueryIndex);

    pParentSql->res.code = numOfRows;
    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }

    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
    return;
  }

  // keep the results in memory
  if (numOfRows > 0) {
    size_t validLen = (size_t)(pSupporter->tagSize * pRes->numOfRows);
    size_t length = pSupporter->totalLen + validLen;

    // todo handle memory error
    char* tmp = realloc(pSupporter->pIdTagList, length);
    if (tmp == NULL) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to malloc memory", pSql->self);

      pParentSql->res.code = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
      if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
        return;
      }

      tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
      return;
    }

    pSupporter->pIdTagList = tmp;

    memcpy(pSupporter->pIdTagList + pSupporter->totalLen, pRes->data, validLen);
    pSupporter->totalLen += (int32_t)validLen;
    pSupporter->num += (int32_t)pRes->numOfRows;

    // query not completed, continue to retrieve tid + tag tuples
    if (!pRes->completed) {
      taos_fetch_rows_a(tres, tidTagRetrieveCallback, param);
      return;
    }
  }

  // data in current vnode has all returned to client, try next vnode if exits
  // <tid + tag> tuples have been retrieved to client, try <tid + tag> tuples from the next vnode
  if (hasMoreVnodesToTry(pSql)) {
    STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);

    int32_t totalVgroups = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups;
    pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex += 1;
    assert(pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex < totalVgroups);

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" tid_tag from vgroup index:%d completed, try next vgroup:%d. total vgroups:%d. current numOfRes:%d",
             pSql->self, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex - 1, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, totalVgroups, pSupporter->num);

    pCmd->command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
    tscResetForNextRetrieve(&pSql->res);

    // set the callback function
    pSql->fp = tscJoinQueryCallback;
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
    return;
  }

  // no data exists in next vnode, mark the <tid, tags> query completed
  // only when there is no subquery exits any more, proceeds to get the intersect of the <tid, tags> tuple sets.
  if (!subAndCheckDone(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter->subqueryIndex)) {
    //tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" tagRetrieve:%p,%d completed, total:%d", pParentSql->self, tres, pSupporter->subqueryIndex, pParentSql->subState.numOfSub);
    return;
  }  

  SArray* resList = taosArrayInit(pParentSql->subState.numOfSub, sizeof(SArray *));

  int32_t code = getIntersectionOfTableTuple(pQueryInfo, pParentSql, resList);
  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);
    pParentSql->res.code = code;
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

    taosArrayDestroy(resList);
    return;
  }

  if (emptyTagList(resList, pParentSql->subState.numOfSub)) {  // no results,return.
    assert(pParentSql->fp != tscJoinQueryCallback);

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" tag intersect does not generated qualified tables for join, free all sub SqlObj and quit",
        pParentSql->self);
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);

    // set no result command
    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT;
    assert(pParentSql->fp != tscJoinQueryCallback);

    (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, 0);
  } else {
    for (int32_t m = 0; m < pParentSql->subState.numOfSub; ++m) {
      // proceed to for ts_comp query
      SSqlCmd* pSubCmd = &pParentSql->pSubs[m]->cmd;
      SArray** s = taosArrayGet(resList, m);

      SQueryInfo*     pQueryInfo1 = tscGetQueryInfo(pSubCmd);
      STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo1, 0);
      tscBuildVgroupTableInfo(pParentSql, pTableMetaInfo, *s);

      SSqlObj* psub = pParentSql->pSubs[m];
      ((SJoinSupporter*)psub->param)->pVgroupTables =  tscVgroupTableInfoDup(pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);

      memset(pParentSql->subState.states, 0, sizeof(pParentSql->subState.states[0]) * pParentSql->subState.numOfSub);
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" reset all sub states to 0", pParentSql->self);
      
      issueTsCompQuery(psub, psub->param, pParentSql);
    }
  }

  size_t rsize = taosArrayGetSize(resList);
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < rsize; ++i) {
    SArray** s = taosArrayGet(resList, i);
    if (*s) {
      taosArrayDestroy(*s);
    }
  }

  taosArrayDestroy(resList);
}

static void tsCompRetrieveCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int32_t numOfRows) {
  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = (SJoinSupporter*)param;

  SSqlObj* pParentSql = pSupporter->pObj;

  SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*)tres;
  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  assert(!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_JOIN_SEC_STAGE));

  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" abort query due to other subquery failure. code:%d, global code:%d", pSql->self, numOfRows, pParentSql->res.code);
    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)){
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }

    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

    return;
  }

  // check for the error code firstly
  if (taos_errno(pSql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    // todo retry if other subqueries are not failed yet 
    assert(numOfRows < 0 && numOfRows == taos_errno(pSql));
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub query failed, code:%s, index:%d", pSql->self, tstrerror(numOfRows), pSupporter->subqueryIndex);

    pParentSql->res.code = numOfRows;
    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)){
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }

    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
    return;
  }

  if (numOfRows > 0) {  // write the compressed timestamp to disk file
    if(pSupporter->f == NULL) {
      pSupporter->f = fopen(pSupporter->path, "wb");

      if (pSupporter->f == NULL) {
        tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to create tmp file:%s, reason:%s", pSql->self, pSupporter->path, strerror(errno));
        pParentSql->res.code = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);

        if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
          return;
        }
        
        tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

        return;
      }
    }
      
    fwrite(pRes->data, (size_t)pRes->numOfRows, 1, pSupporter->f);
    fclose(pSupporter->f);
    pSupporter->f = NULL;

    STSBuf* pBuf = tsBufCreateFromFile(pSupporter->path, true);
    if (pBuf == NULL) {  // in error process, close the fd
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" invalid ts comp file from vnode, abort subquery, file size:%d", pSql->self, numOfRows);

      pParentSql->res.code = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
      if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)){
        return;
      }
      
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

      return;
    }

    if (pSupporter->pTSBuf == NULL) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" create tmp file for ts block:%s, size:%d bytes", pSql->self, pBuf->path, numOfRows);
      pSupporter->pTSBuf = pBuf;
    } else {
      assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);  // for subquery, only one
      tsBufMerge(pSupporter->pTSBuf, pBuf);
      tsBufDestroy(pBuf);
    }

    // continue to retrieve ts-comp data from vnode
    if (!pRes->completed) {
      taosGetTmpfilePath("ts-join", pSupporter->path);
      pSupporter->f = fopen(pSupporter->path, "wb");
      pRes->row = pRes->numOfRows;

      taos_fetch_rows_a(tres, tsCompRetrieveCallback, param);
      return;
    }
  }

  if (hasMoreVnodesToTry(pSql)) {
    STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);

    int32_t totalVgroups = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups;
    pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex += 1;
    assert(pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex < totalVgroups);

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" results from vgroup index:%d completed, try next vgroup:%d. total vgroups:%d. current numOfRes:%" PRId64,
             pSql->self, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex - 1, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, totalVgroups,
             pRes->numOfClauseTotal);

    pCmd->command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
    tscResetForNextRetrieve(&pSql->res);

    assert(pSupporter->f == NULL);
    taosGetTmpfilePath("ts-join", pSupporter->path);
    
    // TODO check for failure
    pSupporter->f = fopen(pSupporter->path, "wb");
    pRes->row = pRes->numOfRows;

    // set the callback function
    pSql->fp = tscJoinQueryCallback;
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
    return;
  }

  if (!subAndCheckDone(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter->subqueryIndex)) {
    return;
  }  

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" all subquery retrieve ts complete, do ts block intersect", pParentSql->self);

  STimeWindow win = TSWINDOW_INITIALIZER;
  int64_t num = doTSBlockIntersect(pParentSql, &win);
  if (num <= 0) {  // no result during ts intersect
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" no results generated in ts intersection, free all sub SqlObj and quit", pParentSql->self);
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);

    // set no result command
    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT;
    (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, 0);
    return;
  }

  // launch the query the retrieve actual results from vnode along with the filtered timestamp
  SQueryInfo* pPQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pParentSql->cmd);
  updateQueryTimeRange(pPQueryInfo, &win);

  //update the vgroup that involved in real data query
  tscLaunchRealSubqueries(pParentSql);
}

static void joinRetrieveFinalResCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int numOfRows) {
  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = (SJoinSupporter*)param;

  SSqlObj* pParentSql = pSupporter->pObj;

  SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*)tres;
  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);

  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" abort query due to other subquery failure. code:%d, global code:%d", pSql->self, numOfRows, pParentSql->res.code);
    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }
    
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
    return;
  }

  
  if (taos_errno(pSql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    assert(numOfRows == taos_errno(pSql));

    pParentSql->res.code = numOfRows;
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" retrieve failed, index:%d, code:%s", pSql->self, pSupporter->subqueryIndex, tstrerror(numOfRows));

    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
    return;
  }

  if (numOfRows >= 0) {
    pRes->numOfTotal += pRes->numOfRows;
  }

  SSubqueryState* pState = &pParentSql->subState;
  if (tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0) && numOfRows == 0) {
    STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
    assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);

    // for projection query, need to try next vnode if current vnode is exhausted
    int32_t numOfVgroups = 0;  // TODO refactor
    if (pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables != NULL) {
      numOfVgroups = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
    } else {
      numOfVgroups = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups;
    }

    if ((++pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex) < numOfVgroups) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" no result in current vnode anymore, try next vnode, vgIndex:%d", pSql->self, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex);
      pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
      pSql->fp = tscJoinQueryCallback;

      tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
      return;
    } else {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" no result in current subquery anymore", pSql->self);
    }
  }

  if (!subAndCheckDone(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter->subqueryIndex)) {
    //tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64",%d completed, total:%d", pParentSql->self, pSql->self, pSupporter->subqueryIndex, pState->numOfSub);
    return;
  }

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" all %d secondary subqueries retrieval completed, code:%d", pSql->self, pState->numOfSub, pParentSql->res.code);

  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);
    pParentSql->res.completed = true;
  }

  // update the records for each subquery in parent sql object.
  bool stableQuery = tscIsTwoStageSTableQuery(pQueryInfo, 0);
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pState->numOfSub; ++i) {
    if (pParentSql->pSubs[i] == NULL) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" %p sub:%d not retrieve data", pParentSql->self, NULL, i);
      continue;
    }

    SSqlRes* pRes1 = &pParentSql->pSubs[i]->res;

    pParentSql->res.precision = pRes1->precision;

    if (pRes1->row > 0 && pRes1->numOfRows > 0) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" index:%d numOfRows:%d total:%"PRId64 " (not retrieve)", pParentSql->self,
          pParentSql->pSubs[i]->self, i, pRes1->numOfRows, pRes1->numOfTotal);
      assert(pRes1->row < pRes1->numOfRows);
    } else {
      if (!stableQuery) {
        pRes1->numOfClauseTotal += pRes1->numOfRows;
      }

      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" index:%d numOfRows:%d total:%"PRId64, pParentSql->self,
          pParentSql->pSubs[i]->self, i, pRes1->numOfRows, pRes1->numOfTotal);
    }
  }

  // data has retrieved to client, build the join results
  tscBuildResFromSubqueries(pParentSql);
}

void tscFetchDatablockForSubquery(SSqlObj* pSql) {
  assert(pSql->subState.numOfSub >= 1);
  
  int32_t numOfFetch = 0;
  bool    hasData = true;
  bool    reachLimit = false;

  // if the subquery is NULL, it does not involved in the final result generation
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSub == NULL) {
      continue;
    }

    SSqlRes *pRes = &pSub->res;

    SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSub->cmd);
    if (!tscHasReachLimitation(pQueryInfo, pRes)) {
      if (pRes->row >= pRes->numOfRows) {
        // no data left in current result buffer
        hasData = false;

        // The current query is completed for the active vnode, try next vnode if exists
        // If it is completed, no need to fetch anymore.
        if (!pRes->completed) {
          numOfFetch++;
        }
      }
    } else {  // has reach the limitation, no data anymore
      if (pRes->row >= pRes->numOfRows) {
        reachLimit = true;
        hasData    = false;
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  // has data remains in client side, and continue to return data to app
  if (hasData) {
    tscBuildResFromSubqueries(pSql);
    return;
  }

  // If at least one subquery is completed in current vnode, try the next vnode in case of multi-vnode
  // super table projection query.
  if (reachLimit) {
    pSql->res.completed = true;
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pSql);

    if (pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      (*pSql->fp)(pSql->param, pSql, 0);
    } else {
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
    }

    return;
  }

  if (numOfFetch <= 0) {
    bool tryNextVnode = false;

    bool orderedPrjQuery = false;
    for(int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
      SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
      if (pSub == NULL) {
        continue;
      }

      SQueryInfo* p = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSub->cmd);
      orderedPrjQuery = tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(p, 0);
      if (orderedPrjQuery) {
        break;
      }
    }


    if (orderedPrjQuery) {
      for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
        SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
        if (pSub != NULL && pSub->res.row >= pSub->res.numOfRows && pSub->res.completed) {
          subquerySetState(pSub, &pSql->subState, i, 0);
        }
      }
    }
    

    for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
      SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
      if (pSub == NULL) {
        continue;
      }

      SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSub->cmd);

      if (tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0) && pSub->res.row >= pSub->res.numOfRows &&
          pSub->res.completed) {
        STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
        assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);

        // for projection query, need to try next vnode if current vnode is exhausted
        int32_t numOfVgroups = 0;  // TODO refactor
        if (pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables != NULL) {
          numOfVgroups = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
        } else {
          numOfVgroups = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups;
        }

        if ((++pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex) < numOfVgroups) {
          tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" no result in current vnode anymore, try next vnode, vgIndex:%d", pSub->self,
                   pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex);
          pSub->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
          pSub->fp = tscJoinQueryCallback;

          tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSub, NULL);
          tryNextVnode = true;
        } else {
          tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" no result in current subquery anymore", pSub->self);
        }
      }
    }

    if (tryNextVnode) {
      return;
    }

    pSql->res.completed = true;
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pSql);

    if (pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      (*pSql->fp)(pSql->param, pSql, 0);
    } else {
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
    }

    return;
  }

  // TODO multi-vnode retrieve for projection query with limitation has bugs, since the global limiation is not handled
  // retrieve data from current vnode.
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" retrieve data from %d subqueries", pSql->self, numOfFetch);
  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = NULL;

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSql1 = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSql1 == NULL) {
      continue;
    }



    SSqlRes* pRes1 = &pSql1->res;
    if (pRes1->row >= pRes1->numOfRows) {
      subquerySetState(pSql1, &pSql->subState, i, 0);
    }
  }

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSql1 = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSql1 == NULL) {
      continue;
    }

    SSqlRes* pRes1 = &pSql1->res;
    SSqlCmd* pCmd1 = &pSql1->cmd;

    pSupporter = (SJoinSupporter*)pSql1->param;

    // wait for all subqueries completed
    SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd1);
    assert(pRes1->numOfRows >= 0 && pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);

    STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
    
    if (pRes1->row >= pRes1->numOfRows) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" subquery:0x%"PRIx64" retrieve data from vnode, subquery:%d, vgroupIndex:%d", pSql->self, pSql1->self,
               pSupporter->subqueryIndex, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex);

      tscResetForNextRetrieve(pRes1);
      pSql1->fp = joinRetrieveFinalResCallback;

      if (pCmd1->command < TSDB_SQL_LOCAL) {
        pCmd1->command = (pCmd1->command > TSDB_SQL_MGMT) ? TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE : TSDB_SQL_FETCH;
      }

      tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql1, NULL);
    }
  }
}

// all subqueries return, set the result output index
void tscSetupOutputColumnIndex(SSqlObj* pSql) {
  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  // the column transfer support struct has been built
  if (pRes->pColumnIndex != NULL) {
    return;
  }

  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);

  int32_t numOfExprs = (int32_t)tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);
  pRes->pColumnIndex = calloc(1, sizeof(SColumnIndex) * numOfExprs);
  if (pRes->pColumnIndex == NULL) {
    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    return;
  }

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfExprs; ++i) {
    SExprInfo* pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);

    int32_t tableIndexOfSub = -1;
    for (int32_t j = 0; j < pQueryInfo->numOfTables; ++j) {
      STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, j);
      if (pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid == pExpr->base.uid) {
        tableIndexOfSub = j;
        break;
      }
    }

    assert(tableIndexOfSub >= 0 && tableIndexOfSub < pQueryInfo->numOfTables);
    
    SSqlCmd* pSubCmd = &pSql->pSubs[tableIndexOfSub]->cmd;
    SQueryInfo* pSubQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pSubCmd);
    
    size_t numOfSubExpr = taosArrayGetSize(pSubQueryInfo->exprList);
    for (int32_t k = 0; k < numOfSubExpr; ++k) {
      SExprInfo* pSubExpr = tscExprGet(pSubQueryInfo, k);
      if (pExpr->base.functionId == pSubExpr->base.functionId && pExpr->base.colInfo.colId == pSubExpr->base.colInfo.colId) {
        pRes->pColumnIndex[i] = (SColumnIndex){.tableIndex = tableIndexOfSub, .columnIndex = k};
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  // restore the offset value for super table query in case of final result.
//  tscRestoreFuncForSTableQuery(pQueryInfo);
//  tscFieldInfoUpdateOffset(pQueryInfo);
}


void tscJoinQueryCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int code) {
  SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*)tres;

  SJoinSupporter* pSupporter = (SJoinSupporter*)param;
  SSqlObj* pParentSql = pSupporter->pObj;
  
  // There is only one subquery and table for each subquery.
  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);

  assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);

  // retrieve actual query results from vnode during the second stage join subquery
  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" abort query due to other subquery failure. code:%d, global code:%d", pSql->self, code, pParentSql->res.code);
    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }
    
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

    return;
  }

  // TODO here retry is required, not directly returns to client
  if (taos_errno(pSql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    assert(taos_errno(pSql) == code);

    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" abort query, code:%s, global code:%s", pSql->self, tstrerror(code), tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));
    pParentSql->res.code = code;

    if (quitAllSubquery(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter)) {
      return;
    }

    if (!tscReparseSql(pParentSql->rootObj, pParentSql->res.code)) {
      return;
    }
    
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);

    return;
  }

  // retrieve <tid, tag> tuples from vnode
  if (TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_TAG_FILTER_QUERY)) {
    pSql->fp = tidTagRetrieveCallback;
    pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_FETCH;
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
    return;
  }

  // retrieve ts_comp info from vnode
  if (!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_JOIN_SEC_STAGE)) {
    pSql->fp = tsCompRetrieveCallback;
    pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_FETCH;
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
    return;
  }

  // In case of consequence query from other vnode, do not wait for other query response here.
  if (!(pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex > 0 && tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0))) {
    if (!subAndCheckDone(pSql, pParentSql, pSupporter->subqueryIndex)) {
      return;
    }      
  }

  tscSetupOutputColumnIndex(pParentSql);

  /**
   * if the query is a continue query (vgroupIndex > 0 for projection query) for next vnode, do the retrieval of
   * data instead of returning to its invoker
   */
  if (pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex > 0 && tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0)) {
    pSql->fp = joinRetrieveFinalResCallback;  // continue retrieve data
    pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_FETCH;
    
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
  } else {  // first retrieve from vnode during the secondary stage sub-query
    // set the command flag must be after the semaphore been correctly set.
    if (pParentSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, 0);
    } else {
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
    }
  }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static void tscRetrieveDataRes(void *param, TAOS_RES *tres, int code);

static SSqlObj *tscCreateSTableSubquery(SSqlObj *pSql, SRetrieveSupport *trsupport, SSqlObj *prevSqlObj);

int32_t tscCreateJoinSubquery(SSqlObj *pSql, int16_t tableIndex, SJoinSupporter *pSupporter) {
  SSqlCmd *   pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  
  pSql->res.qId = 0x1;
  assert(pSql->res.numOfRows == 0);

  if (pSql->pSubs == NULL) {
    pSql->pSubs = calloc(pSql->subState.numOfSub, POINTER_BYTES);
    if (pSql->pSubs == NULL) {
      return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
  }
  
  SSqlObj *pNew = createSubqueryObj(pSql, tableIndex, tscJoinQueryCallback, pSupporter, TSDB_SQL_SELECT, NULL);
  if (pNew == NULL) {
    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }
  
  pSql->pSubs[tableIndex] = pNew;
  
  if (QUERY_IS_JOIN_QUERY(pQueryInfo->type)) {
    addGroupInfoForSubquery(pSql, pNew, 0, tableIndex);
    
    // refactor as one method
    SQueryInfo *pNewQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pNew->cmd);
    assert(pNewQueryInfo != NULL);

    pSupporter->colList = pNewQueryInfo->colList;
    pNewQueryInfo->colList = NULL;
    
    pSupporter->exprList = pNewQueryInfo->exprList;
    pNewQueryInfo->exprList = NULL;
    
    pSupporter->fieldsInfo = pNewQueryInfo->fieldsInfo;
  
    // this data needs to be transfer to support struct
    memset(&pNewQueryInfo->fieldsInfo, 0, sizeof(SFieldInfo));
    if (tscTagCondCopy(&pSupporter->tagCond, &pNewQueryInfo->tagCond) != 0) {
      return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }

    pSupporter->groupInfo = pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr;
    memset(&pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr, 0, sizeof(SGroupbyExpr));

    pNew->cmd.numOfCols = 0;
    pNewQueryInfo->interval.interval = 0;
    pSupporter->limit = pNewQueryInfo->limit;

    pNewQueryInfo->limit.limit = -1;
    pNewQueryInfo->limit.offset = 0;
    taosArrayDestroy(pNewQueryInfo->pUpstream);

    pNewQueryInfo->order.orderColId = INT32_MIN;

    // backup the data and clear it in the sqlcmd object
    memset(&pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr, 0, sizeof(SGroupbyExpr));

    STimeWindow range = pNewQueryInfo->window;
    tscInitQueryInfo(pNewQueryInfo);

    pNewQueryInfo->window = range;
    STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pNewQueryInfo, 0);
    
    if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) { // return the tableId & tag
      SColumnIndex colIndex = {0};

      STagCond* pTagCond = &pSupporter->tagCond;
      assert(pTagCond->joinInfo.hasJoin);

      int32_t tagColId = tscGetJoinTagColIdByUid(pTagCond, pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid);
      SSchema* s = tscGetColumnSchemaById(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta, tagColId);

      colIndex.columnIndex = tscGetTagColIndexById(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta, tagColId);

      int16_t bytes = 0;
      int16_t type  = 0;
      int32_t inter = 0;

      getResultDataInfo(s->type, s->bytes, TSDB_FUNC_TID_TAG, 0, &type, &bytes, &inter, 0, 0, NULL);

      SSchema s1 = {.colId = s->colId, .type = (uint8_t)type, .bytes = bytes};
      pSupporter->tagSize = s1.bytes;
      assert(isValidDataType(s1.type) && s1.bytes > 0);

      // set get tags query type
      TSDB_QUERY_SET_TYPE(pNewQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_TAG_FILTER_QUERY);
      tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pNewQueryInfo, 0, TSDB_FUNC_TID_TAG, &colIndex, &s1, TSDB_COL_TAG, getNewResColId(pCmd));
      size_t numOfCols = taosArrayGetSize(pNewQueryInfo->colList);
  
      tscDebug(
          "%p subquery:%p tableIndex:%d, vgroupIndex:%d, type:%d, transfer to tid_tag query to retrieve (tableId, tags), "
          "exprInfo:%" PRIzu ", colList:%" PRIzu ", fieldsInfo:%d, tagIndex:%d, name:%s",
          pSql, pNew, tableIndex, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, pNewQueryInfo->type, tscNumOfExprs(pNewQueryInfo),
          numOfCols, pNewQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.numOfOutput, colIndex.columnIndex, tNameGetTableName(&pNewQueryInfo->pTableMetaInfo[0]->name));
    } else {
      SSchema      colSchema = {.type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY, .bytes = 1};
      SColumnIndex colIndex = {0, PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX};
      tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pNewQueryInfo, 0, TSDB_FUNC_TS_COMP, &colIndex, &colSchema, TSDB_COL_NORMAL, getNewResColId(pCmd));

      // set the tags value for ts_comp function
      SExprInfo *pExpr = tscExprGet(pNewQueryInfo, 0);

      if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
        int16_t tagColId = tscGetJoinTagColIdByUid(&pSupporter->tagCond, pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid);
        pExpr->base.param->i64 = tagColId;
        pExpr->base.numOfParams = 1;
      }

      // add the filter tag column
      if (pSupporter->colList != NULL) {
        size_t s = taosArrayGetSize(pSupporter->colList);

        for (int32_t i = 0; i < s; ++i) {
          SColumn *pCol = taosArrayGetP(pSupporter->colList, i);

          if (pCol->info.flist.numOfFilters > 0) {  // copy to the pNew->cmd.colList if it is filtered.
            SColumn *p = tscColumnClone(pCol);
            taosArrayPush(pNewQueryInfo->colList, &p);
          }
        }
      }

      size_t numOfCols = taosArrayGetSize(pNewQueryInfo->colList);

      tscDebug(
          "%p subquery:%p tableIndex:%d, vgroupIndex:%d, type:%u, transfer to ts_comp query to retrieve timestamps, "
          "exprInfo:%" PRIzu ", colList:%" PRIzu ", fieldsInfo:%d, name:%s",
          pSql, pNew, tableIndex, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, pNewQueryInfo->type, tscNumOfExprs(pNewQueryInfo),
          numOfCols, pNewQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.numOfOutput, tNameGetTableName(&pNewQueryInfo->pTableMetaInfo[0]->name));
    }
  } else {
    assert(0);
    SQueryInfo *pNewQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pNew->cmd);
    pNewQueryInfo->type |= TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_SUBQUERY;
  }

  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
}

void tscHandleMasterJoinQuery(SSqlObj* pSql) {
  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  assert((pQueryInfo->type & TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_SUBQUERY) == 0);

  int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
  pSql->subState.numOfSub = pQueryInfo->numOfTables;

  if (pSql->subState.states == NULL) {
    pSql->subState.states = calloc(pSql->subState.numOfSub, sizeof(*pSql->subState.states));
    if (pSql->subState.states == NULL) {
      code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto _error;
    }
    
    pthread_mutex_init(&pSql->subState.mutex, NULL);
  }

  memset(pSql->subState.states, 0, sizeof(*pSql->subState.states) * pSql->subState.numOfSub);
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" reset all sub states to 0, start subquery, total:%d", pSql->self, pQueryInfo->numOfTables);

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pQueryInfo->numOfTables; ++i) {
    SJoinSupporter *pSupporter = tscCreateJoinSupporter(pSql, i);
    if (pSupporter == NULL) {  // failed to create support struct, abort current query
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" tableIndex:%d, failed to allocate join support object, abort further query", pSql->self, i);
      code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto _error;
    }
    
    code = tscCreateJoinSubquery(pSql, i, pSupporter);
    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {  // failed to create subquery object, quit query
      tscDestroyJoinSupporter(pSupporter);
      goto _error;
    }

    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pSub->cmd, 0);
    if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo) && (pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups == 0)) {
      pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT;
      break;
    }
  }

  if (pSql->cmd.command == TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT) {  // at least one subquery is empty, do nothing and return
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pSql);
    (*pSql->fp)(pSql->param, pSql, 0);
  } else {
    int fail = 0;
    for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
      SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
      if (fail) {
        (*pSub->fp)(pSub->param, pSub, 0);
        continue;
      }
      
      if ((code = tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSub, NULL)) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
        pRes->code = code;
        (*pSub->fp)(pSub->param, pSub, 0);
        fail = 1;
      }
    }

    if(fail) {
      return;
    }

    pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_TABLE_JOIN_RETRIEVE;
  }

  return;

  _error:
  pRes->code = code;
  tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
}

void doCleanupSubqueries(SSqlObj *pSql, int32_t numOfSubs) {
  assert(numOfSubs <= pSql->subState.numOfSub && numOfSubs >= 0);
  
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfSubs; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    assert(pSub != NULL);

    tscFreeRetrieveSup(pSub);
    
    taos_free_result(pSub);
  }
}

void tscLockByThread(int64_t *lockedBy) {
  int64_t tid = taosGetSelfPthreadId();
  int     i = 0;
  while (atomic_val_compare_exchange_64(lockedBy, 0, tid) != 0) {
    if (++i % 100 == 0) {
      sched_yield();
    }
  }
}

void tscUnlockByThread(int64_t *lockedBy) {
  int64_t tid = taosGetSelfPthreadId();
  if (atomic_val_compare_exchange_64(lockedBy, tid, 0) != tid) {
    assert(false);
  }
}

typedef struct SFirstRoundQuerySup {
  SSqlObj  *pParent;
  int32_t   numOfRows;
  SArray   *pColsInfo;
  int32_t   tagLen;
  STColumn *pTagCols;
  SArray   *pResult;   // SArray<SInterResult>
  int64_t   interval;
  char*     buf;
  int32_t   bufLen;
} SFirstRoundQuerySup;

void doAppendData(SInterResult* pInterResult, TAOS_ROW row, int32_t numOfCols, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
  TSKEY key = INT64_MIN;
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
    SExprInfo* pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);
    if (TSDB_COL_IS_TAG(pExpr->base.colInfo.flag) || pExpr->base.functionId == TSDB_FUNC_PRJ) {
      continue;
    }

    if (pExpr->base.colInfo.colId == PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX) {
      key = *(TSKEY*) row[i];
      continue;
    }

    double v = 0;
    if (row[i] != NULL) {
      v = *(double*) row[i];
    } else {
      SET_DOUBLE_NULL(&v);
    }

    int32_t id = pExpr->base.colInfo.colId;
    int32_t numOfQueriedCols = (int32_t) taosArrayGetSize(pInterResult->pResult);

    SArray* p = NULL;
    for(int32_t j = 0; j < numOfQueriedCols; ++j) {
      SStddevInterResult* pColRes = taosArrayGet(pInterResult->pResult, j);
      if (pColRes->colId == id) {
        p = pColRes->pResult;
        break;
      }
    }

    if (p && taosArrayGetSize(p) > 0) {
      SResPair *l = taosArrayGetLast(p);
      if (l->key == key && key == INT64_MIN) {
        continue;
      }
    }

    //append a new column
    if (p == NULL) {
      SStddevInterResult t = {.colId = id, .pResult = taosArrayInit(10, sizeof(SResPair)),};
      taosArrayPush(pInterResult->pResult, &t);
      p = t.pResult;
    }

    SResPair pair = {.avg = v, .key = key};
    taosArrayPush(p, &pair);
  }
}

static void destroySup(SFirstRoundQuerySup* pSup) {
  taosArrayDestroyEx(pSup->pResult, freeInterResult);
  taosArrayDestroy(pSup->pColsInfo);
  tfree(pSup);
}

void tscFirstRoundRetrieveCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int numOfRows) {
  SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*)tres;
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SFirstRoundQuerySup* pSup = param;

  SSqlObj*     pParent = pSup->pParent;
  SQueryInfo*  pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);

  int32_t code = taos_errno(pSql);
  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    destroySup(pSup);
    taos_free_result(pSql);
    pParent->res.code = code;
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParent);
    return;
  }

  if (numOfRows > 0) {  // the number is not correct for group by column in super table query
    TAOS_ROW row = NULL;
    int32_t  numOfCols = taos_field_count(tres);

    if (pSup->tagLen == 0) {  // no tags, all rows belong to one group
      SInterResult interResult = {.tags = NULL, .pResult = taosArrayInit(4, sizeof(SStddevInterResult))};
      taosArrayPush(pSup->pResult, &interResult);

      while ((row = taos_fetch_row(tres)) != NULL) {
        doAppendData(&interResult, row, numOfCols, pQueryInfo);
        pSup->numOfRows += 1;
      }
    } else {  // tagLen > 0
      char* p = calloc(1, pSup->tagLen);

      while ((row = taos_fetch_row(tres)) != NULL) {
        int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(tres);
        memset(p, 0, pSup->tagLen);

        int32_t offset = 0;
        for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols && offset < pSup->tagLen; ++i) {
          SExprInfo* pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);

          // tag or group by column
          if (TSDB_COL_IS_TAG(pExpr->base.colInfo.flag) || pExpr->base.functionId == TSDB_FUNC_PRJ) {
            if (row[i] == NULL) {
              setNull(p + offset, pExpr->base.resType, pExpr->base.resBytes);
            } else {
              memcpy(p + offset, row[i], length[i]);
            }
            offset += pExpr->base.resBytes;
          }
        }

        assert(offset == pSup->tagLen);
        size_t size = taosArrayGetSize(pSup->pResult);

        if (size > 0) {
          SInterResult* pInterResult = taosArrayGetLast(pSup->pResult);
          if (memcmp(pInterResult->tags, p, pSup->tagLen) == 0) {  // belongs to the same group
            doAppendData(pInterResult, row, numOfCols, pQueryInfo);
          } else {
            char* tags = malloc( pSup->tagLen);
            memcpy(tags, p, pSup->tagLen);

            SInterResult interResult = {.tags = tags, .pResult = taosArrayInit(4, sizeof(SStddevInterResult))};
            taosArrayPush(pSup->pResult, &interResult);
            doAppendData(&interResult, row, numOfCols, pQueryInfo);
          }
        } else {
          char* tags = malloc(pSup->tagLen);
          memcpy(tags, p, pSup->tagLen);

          SInterResult interResult = {.tags = tags, .pResult = taosArrayInit(4, sizeof(SStddevInterResult))};
          taosArrayPush(pSup->pResult, &interResult);
          doAppendData(&interResult, row, numOfCols, pQueryInfo);
        }

        pSup->numOfRows += 1;
      }

      tfree(p);
    }
  }

  if (!pRes->completed && numOfRows > 0) {
    taos_fetch_rows_a(tres, tscFirstRoundRetrieveCallback, param);
    return;
  }

  // set the parameters for the second round query process
  SSqlCmd    *pPCmd   = &pParent->cmd;
  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo1 = tscGetQueryInfo(pPCmd);
  int32_t resRows = pSup->numOfRows;
  
  if (pSup->numOfRows > 0) {
    SBufferWriter bw = tbufInitWriter(NULL, false);
    interResToBinary(&bw, pSup->pResult, pSup->tagLen);

    pQueryInfo1->bufLen = (int32_t) tbufTell(&bw);
    pQueryInfo1->buf = tbufGetData(&bw, true);

    // set the serialized binary string as the parameter of arithmetic expression
    tbufCloseWriter(&bw);
  }

  taosArrayDestroyEx(pSup->pResult, freeInterResult);
  taosArrayDestroy(pSup->pColsInfo);
  tfree(pSup);

  taos_free_result(pSql);

  if (resRows == 0) {
    pParent->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT;
    (*pParent->fp)(pParent->param, pParent, 0);
    return;
  }

  pQueryInfo1->round = 1;
  executeQuery(pParent, pQueryInfo1);
}

void tscFirstRoundCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int code) {
  SFirstRoundQuerySup* pSup = (SFirstRoundQuerySup*) param;

  SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*) tres;
  int32_t c = taos_errno(pSql);

  if (c != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    SSqlObj* parent = pSup->pParent;

    destroySup(pSup);
    taos_free_result(pSql);
    parent->res.code = c;
    tscAsyncResultOnError(parent);
    return;
  }

  taos_fetch_rows_a(tres, tscFirstRoundRetrieveCallback, param);
}

int32_t tscHandleFirstRoundStableQuery(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo1 = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pSql->cmd, 0);

  SFirstRoundQuerySup *pSup = calloc(1, sizeof(SFirstRoundQuerySup));

  pSup->pParent  = pSql;
  pSup->interval = pQueryInfo->interval.interval;
  pSup->pResult  = taosArrayInit(6, sizeof(SStddevInterResult));
  pSup->pColsInfo = taosArrayInit(6, sizeof(int16_t)); // result column id

  SSqlObj *pNew = createSubqueryObj(pSql, 0, tscFirstRoundCallback, pSup, TSDB_SQL_SELECT, NULL);
  SSqlCmd *pCmd = &pNew->cmd;

  SQueryInfo* pNewQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);

  SArray* pColList = pNewQueryInfo->colList;
  pNewQueryInfo->colList = NULL;
  pNewQueryInfo->fillType = TSDB_FILL_NONE;

  tscClearSubqueryInfo(pCmd);
  tscFreeSqlResult(pSql);

  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pNewQueryInfo, 0);

  tscInitQueryInfo(pNewQueryInfo);

  // add the group cond
  pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr = pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr;
  if (pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo != NULL) {
    pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo = taosArrayDup(pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo);
    if (pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo == NULL) {
      terrno = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto _error;
    }
  }

  // add the tag filter cond
  if (tscTagCondCopy(&pNewQueryInfo->tagCond, &pQueryInfo->tagCond) != 0) {
    terrno = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto _error;
  }

  pNewQueryInfo->window   = pQueryInfo->window;
  pNewQueryInfo->interval = pQueryInfo->interval;
  pNewQueryInfo->sessionWindow = pQueryInfo->sessionWindow;

  pCmd->command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
  pNew->fp = tscFirstRoundCallback;

  int32_t numOfExprs = (int32_t) tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);

  int32_t index = 0;
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfExprs; ++i) {
    SExprInfo* pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);
    if (pExpr->base.functionId == TSDB_FUNC_TS && pQueryInfo->interval.interval > 0) {
      taosArrayPush(pSup->pColsInfo, &pExpr->base.resColId);

      SColumnIndex colIndex = {.tableIndex = 0, .columnIndex = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX};
      SSchema* schema = tscGetColumnSchemaById(pTableMetaInfo1->pTableMeta, pExpr->base.colInfo.colId);

      SExprInfo* p = tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pNewQueryInfo, index++, TSDB_FUNC_TS, &colIndex, schema, TSDB_COL_NORMAL, getNewResColId(pCmd));
      p->base.resColId = pExpr->base.resColId;  // update the result column id
    } else if (pExpr->base.functionId == TSDB_FUNC_STDDEV_DST) {
      taosArrayPush(pSup->pColsInfo, &pExpr->base.resColId);

      SColumnIndex colIndex = {.tableIndex = 0, .columnIndex = pExpr->base.colInfo.colIndex};
      SSchema schema = {.type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE, .bytes = sizeof(double)};
      tstrncpy(schema.name, pExpr->base.aliasName, tListLen(schema.name));

      SExprInfo* p = tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pNewQueryInfo, index++, TSDB_FUNC_AVG, &colIndex, &schema, TSDB_COL_NORMAL, getNewResColId(pCmd));
      p->base.resColId = pExpr->base.resColId;  // update the result column id
    } else if (pExpr->base.functionId == TSDB_FUNC_TAG) {
      pSup->tagLen += pExpr->base.resBytes;
      SColumnIndex colIndex = {.tableIndex = 0, .columnIndex = pExpr->base.colInfo.colIndex};

      SSchema* schema = NULL;
      if (pExpr->base.colInfo.colId != TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) {
        schema = tscGetColumnSchemaById(pTableMetaInfo1->pTableMeta, pExpr->base.colInfo.colId);
      } else {
        schema = tGetTbnameColumnSchema();
      }

      SExprInfo* p = tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pNewQueryInfo, index++, TSDB_FUNC_TAG, &colIndex, schema, TSDB_COL_TAG, getNewResColId(pCmd));
      p->base.resColId = pExpr->base.resColId;
    } else if (pExpr->base.functionId == TSDB_FUNC_PRJ) {
      int32_t num = (int32_t) taosArrayGetSize(pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo);
      for(int32_t k = 0; k < num; ++k) {
        SColIndex* pIndex = taosArrayGet(pNewQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo, k);
        if (pExpr->base.colInfo.colId == pIndex->colId) {
          pSup->tagLen += pExpr->base.resBytes;
          taosArrayPush(pSup->pColsInfo, &pExpr->base.resColId);

          SColumnIndex colIndex = {.tableIndex = 0, .columnIndex = pIndex->colIndex};
          SSchema* schema = tscGetColumnSchemaById(pTableMetaInfo1->pTableMeta, pExpr->base.colInfo.colId);

          //doLimitOutputNormalColOfGroupby
          SExprInfo* p = tscAddFuncInSelectClause(pNewQueryInfo, index++, TSDB_FUNC_PRJ, &colIndex, schema, TSDB_COL_NORMAL, getNewResColId(pCmd));
          p->base.numOfParams = 1;
          p->base.param[0].i64 = 1;
          p->base.param[0].nType = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT;
          p->base.resColId = pExpr->base.resColId;  // update the result column id
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // add the normal column filter cond
  if (pColList != NULL) {
    size_t s = taosArrayGetSize(pColList);
    for (int32_t i = 0; i < s; ++i) {
      SColumn *pCol = taosArrayGetP(pColList, i);

      if (pCol->info.flist.numOfFilters > 0) {  // copy to the pNew->cmd.colList if it is filtered.
        int32_t index1 = tscColumnExists(pNewQueryInfo->colList, pCol->columnIndex, pCol->tableUid);
        if (index1 >= 0) {
          SColumn* x = taosArrayGetP(pNewQueryInfo->colList, index1);
          tscColumnCopy(x, pCol);
        } else {
          SSchema ss = {.type = (uint8_t)pCol->info.type, .bytes = pCol->info.bytes, .colId = (int16_t)pCol->columnIndex};
          tscColumnListInsert(pNewQueryInfo->colList, pCol->columnIndex, pCol->tableUid, &ss);
          int32_t ti = tscColumnExists(pNewQueryInfo->colList, pCol->columnIndex, pCol->tableUid);
          assert(ti >= 0);
          SColumn* x = taosArrayGetP(pNewQueryInfo->colList, ti);
          tscColumnCopy(x, pCol);
        }
      }
    }

    tscColumnListDestroy(pColList);
  }

  tscInsertPrimaryTsSourceColumn(pNewQueryInfo, pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->id.uid);
  tscTansformFuncForSTableQuery(pNewQueryInfo);

  tscDebug(
      "0x%"PRIx64" first round subquery:0x%"PRIx64" tableIndex:%d, vgroupIndex:%d, numOfVgroups:%d, type:%d, query to retrieve timestamps, "
      "numOfExpr:%" PRIzu ", colList:%d, numOfOutputFields:%d, name:%s",
      pSql->self, pNew->self, 0, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups, pNewQueryInfo->type,
      tscNumOfExprs(pNewQueryInfo), index+1, pNewQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.numOfOutput, tNameGetTableName(&pTableMetaInfo->name));

  tscHandleMasterSTableQuery(pNew);
  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;

  _error:
  destroySup(pSup);
  taos_free_result(pNew);
  pSql->res.code = terrno;
  tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
  return terrno;
}

typedef struct SPair {
  int32_t first;
  int32_t second;
} SPair;

static void doSendQueryReqs(SSchedMsg* pSchedMsg) {
  SSqlObj* pSql = pSchedMsg->ahandle;
  SPair* p = pSchedMsg->msg;

  for (int32_t i = p->first; i < p->second; ++i) {
   if (i >= pSql->subState.numOfSub) {
      tfree(p);
      return;
    }
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    SRetrieveSupport* pSupport = pSub->param;

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" launch subquery, orderOfSub:%d.", pSql->self, pSub->self, pSupport->subqueryIndex);
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSub, NULL);
  }

  tfree(p);
}

int32_t tscHandleMasterSTableQuery(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  SSqlRes *pRes = &pSql->res;
  SSqlCmd *pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  
  // pRes->code check only serves in launching metric sub-queries
  if (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_TSC_QUERY_CANCELLED) {
    pCmd->command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_GLOBALMERGE;  // enable the abort of kill super table function.
    return pRes->code;
  }
  
  tExtMemBuffer   **pMemoryBuf = NULL;
  tOrderDescriptor *pDesc  = NULL;

  pRes->qId = 0x1;  // hack the qhandle check

  const uint32_t nBufferSize = (1u << 18u);  // 256KB

  SQueryInfo     *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
  SSubqueryState *pState = &pSql->subState;

  pState->numOfSub = 0;
  if (pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables == NULL) {
    pState->numOfSub = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups;
  } else {
    pState->numOfSub = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
  }

  assert(pState->numOfSub > 0);
  
  int32_t ret = tscCreateGlobalMergerEnv(pQueryInfo, &pMemoryBuf, pSql->subState.numOfSub, &pDesc, nBufferSize, pSql->self);
  if (ret != 0) {
    pRes->code = ret;
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
    tfree(pDesc);
    tfree(pMemoryBuf);
    return ret;
  }

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" retrieved query data from %d vnode(s)", pSql->self, pState->numOfSub);
  pSql->pSubs = calloc(pState->numOfSub, POINTER_BYTES);
  if (pSql->pSubs == NULL) {
    tfree(pSql->pSubs);
    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    tscDestroyGlobalMergerEnv(pMemoryBuf, pDesc,pState->numOfSub);

    tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
    return ret;
  }

  if (pState->states == NULL) {
    pState->states = calloc(pState->numOfSub, sizeof(*pState->states));
    if (pState->states == NULL) {
      pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      tscDestroyGlobalMergerEnv(pMemoryBuf, pDesc,pState->numOfSub);

      tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
      return ret;
    }

    pthread_mutex_init(&pState->mutex, NULL);
  }

  memset(pState->states, 0, sizeof(*pState->states) * pState->numOfSub);
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" reset all sub states to 0", pSql->self);
  
  pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
  
  int32_t i = 0;
  for (; i < pState->numOfSub; ++i) {
    SRetrieveSupport *trs = (SRetrieveSupport *)calloc(1, sizeof(SRetrieveSupport));
    if (trs == NULL) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to malloc buffer for SRetrieveSupport, orderOfSub:%d, reason:%s", pSql->self, i, strerror(errno));
      break;
    }
    
    trs->pExtMemBuffer = pMemoryBuf;
    trs->pOrderDescriptor = pDesc;

    trs->localBuffer = (tFilePage *)calloc(1, nBufferSize + sizeof(tFilePage));
    trs->localBufferSize = nBufferSize + sizeof(tFilePage);
    if (trs->localBuffer == NULL) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to malloc buffer for local buffer, orderOfSub:%d, reason:%s", pSql->self, i, strerror(errno));
      tfree(trs);
      break;
    }
    
    trs->subqueryIndex  = i;
    trs->pParentSql     = pSql;

    SSqlObj *pNew = tscCreateSTableSubquery(pSql, trs, NULL);
    if (pNew == NULL) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to malloc buffer for subObj, orderOfSub:%d, reason:%s", pSql->self, i, strerror(errno));
      tfree(trs->localBuffer);
      tfree(trs);
      break;
    }
    
    // todo handle multi-vnode situation
    if (pQueryInfo->tsBuf) {
      SQueryInfo *pNewQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pNew->cmd);
      pNewQueryInfo->tsBuf = tsBufClone(pQueryInfo->tsBuf);
      assert(pNewQueryInfo->tsBuf != NULL);
    }
    
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" create subquery success. orderOfSub:%d", pSql->self, pNew->self,
        trs->subqueryIndex);
  }
  
  if (i < pState->numOfSub) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to prepare subquery structure and launch subqueries", pSql->self);
    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    
    tscDestroyGlobalMergerEnv(pMemoryBuf, pDesc, pState->numOfSub);
    doCleanupSubqueries(pSql, i);
    return pRes->code;   // free all allocated resource
  }
  
  if (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_TSC_QUERY_CANCELLED) {
    tscDestroyGlobalMergerEnv(pMemoryBuf, pDesc, pState->numOfSub);
    doCleanupSubqueries(pSql, i);
    return pRes->code;
  }

  // concurrently sent the query requests.
  const int32_t MAX_REQUEST_PER_TASK = 8;

  int32_t numOfTasks = (pState->numOfSub + MAX_REQUEST_PER_TASK - 1)/MAX_REQUEST_PER_TASK;
  assert(numOfTasks >= 1);

  int32_t num;
  if (pState->numOfSub / numOfTasks == MAX_REQUEST_PER_TASK) {
    num = MAX_REQUEST_PER_TASK;
  } else {
    num = pState->numOfSub / numOfTasks + 1;
  }
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64 " query will be sent by %d threads", pSql->self, numOfTasks);

  for(int32_t j = 0; j < numOfTasks; ++j) {
    SSchedMsg schedMsg = {0};
    schedMsg.fp      = doSendQueryReqs;
    schedMsg.ahandle = (void*)pSql;

    schedMsg.thandle = NULL;
    SPair* p = calloc(1, sizeof(SPair));
    p->first  = j * num;

    if (j == numOfTasks - 1) {
      p->second = pState->numOfSub;
    } else {
      p->second = (j + 1) * num;
    }

    schedMsg.msg = p;
    taosScheduleTask(tscQhandle, &schedMsg);
  }

  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
}

void tscFreeRetrieveSup(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  SRetrieveSupport *trsupport = pSql->param;

  void* p = atomic_val_compare_exchange_ptr(&pSql->param, trsupport, 0);
  if (p == NULL) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" retrieve supp already released", pSql->self);
    return;
  }

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" start to free subquery supp obj:%p", pSql->self, trsupport);
  tfree(trsupport->localBuffer);
  tfree(trsupport);
}

static void tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack(void *param, TAOS_RES *tres, int numOfRows);
static void tscHandleSubqueryError(SRetrieveSupport *trsupport, SSqlObj *pSql, int numOfRows);

static void tscAbortFurtherRetryRetrieval(SRetrieveSupport *trsupport, TAOS_RES *tres, int32_t code) {
// set no disk space error info
  tscError("sub:0x%"PRIx64" failed to flush data to disk, reason:%s", ((SSqlObj *)tres)->self, tstrerror(code));
  SSqlObj* pParentSql = trsupport->pParentSql;

  pParentSql->res.code = code;
  trsupport->numOfRetry = MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY;
  tscHandleSubqueryError(trsupport, tres, pParentSql->res.code);
}

/*
 * current query failed, and the retry count is less than the available
 * count, retry query clear previous retrieved data, then launch a new sub query
 */
static int32_t tscReissueSubquery(SRetrieveSupport *oriTrs, SSqlObj *pSql, int32_t code, int32_t *sent) {
  *sent = 0;
  
  SRetrieveSupport *trsupport = malloc(sizeof(SRetrieveSupport));
  if (trsupport == NULL) {
    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  memcpy(trsupport, oriTrs, sizeof(*trsupport));

  // the buffer size should be the same as tscHandleMasterSTableQuery, which was used to initialize the SColumnModel
  // the capacity member of SColumnModel will be used to save the trsupport->localBuffer in tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack
  trsupport->localBuffer = (tFilePage *)calloc(1, oriTrs->localBufferSize);
  
  if (trsupport->localBuffer == NULL) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to malloc buffer for local buffer, reason:%s", pSql->self, strerror(errno));
    tfree(trsupport);
    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }
  
  SSqlObj *pParentSql = trsupport->pParentSql;
  int32_t  subqueryIndex = trsupport->subqueryIndex;

  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pSql->cmd, 0);
  SVgroupInfo* pVgroup = &pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->vgroups[0];

  tExtMemBufferClear(trsupport->pExtMemBuffer[subqueryIndex]);

  // clear local saved number of results
  trsupport->localBuffer->num = 0;
  tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" retrieve/query failed, code:%s, orderOfSub:%d, retry:%d", trsupport->pParentSql->self, pSql->self,
           tstrerror(code), subqueryIndex, trsupport->numOfRetry);

  SSqlObj *pNew = tscCreateSTableSubquery(trsupport->pParentSql, trsupport, pSql);
  if (pNew == NULL) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" failed to create new subquery due to error:%s, abort retry, vgId:%d, orderOfSub:%d",
             oriTrs->pParentSql->self, pSql->self, tstrerror(terrno), pVgroup->vgId, oriTrs->subqueryIndex);

    pParentSql->res.code = terrno;
    oriTrs->numOfRetry = MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY;

    tfree(trsupport);
    return pParentSql->res.code;
  }

  int32_t ret = tscBuildAndSendRequest(pNew, NULL);

  *sent = 1;
  
  // if failed to process sql, let following code handle the pSql
  if (ret == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscFreeRetrieveSup(pSql);
    taos_free_result(pSql);
    return ret;
  } else {    
    pParentSql->pSubs[trsupport->subqueryIndex] = pSql;
    tscFreeRetrieveSup(pNew);
    taos_free_result(pNew);
    return ret;
  }
}

void tscHandleSubqueryError(SRetrieveSupport *trsupport, SSqlObj *pSql, int numOfRows) {
  // it has been freed already
  if (pSql->param != trsupport || pSql->param == NULL) {
    return;
  }

  SSqlObj *pParentSql = trsupport->pParentSql;
  int32_t  subqueryIndex = trsupport->subqueryIndex;
  
  assert(pSql != NULL);

  SSubqueryState* pState = &pParentSql->subState;

  // retrieved in subquery failed. OR query cancelled in retrieve phase.
  if (taos_errno(pSql) == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS && pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {

    /*
     * kill current sub-query connection, which may retrieve data from vnodes;
     * Here we get: pPObj->res.code == TSDB_CODE_TSC_QUERY_CANCELLED
     */
    pSql->res.numOfRows = 0;
    trsupport->numOfRetry = MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY;  // disable retry efforts
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" query is cancelled, sub:%p, orderOfSub:%d abort retrieve, code:%s", pParentSql->self, pSql,
             subqueryIndex, tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));
  }

  if (numOfRows >= 0) {  // current query is successful, but other sub query failed, still abort current query.
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" retrieve numOfRows:%d,orderOfSub:%d", pParentSql->self, pSql->self, numOfRows, subqueryIndex);
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" abort further retrieval due to other queries failure,orderOfSub:%d,code:%s", pParentSql->self, pSql->self,
             subqueryIndex, tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));
  } else {
    if (trsupport->numOfRetry++ < MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY && pParentSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      int32_t sent = 0;
      
      tscReissueSubquery(trsupport, pSql, numOfRows, &sent);
      if (sent) {
        return;
      }
    } else {  // reach the maximum retry count, abort
      atomic_val_compare_exchange_32(&pParentSql->res.code, TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS, numOfRows);
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" retrieve failed,code:%s,orderOfSub:%d failed.no more retry,set global code:%s", pParentSql->self, pSql->self,
               tstrerror(numOfRows), subqueryIndex, tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));
    }
  }

  if (!subAndCheckDone(pSql, pParentSql, subqueryIndex)) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64",%d freed, not finished, total:%d", pParentSql->self,
        pSql->self, trsupport->subqueryIndex, pState->numOfSub);

    tscFreeRetrieveSup(pSql);
    return;
  }  
  
  // all subqueries are failed
  tscError("0x%"PRIx64" retrieve from %d vnode(s) completed,code:%s.FAILED.", pParentSql->self, pState->numOfSub,
      tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));

  // release allocated resource
  tscDestroyGlobalMergerEnv(trsupport->pExtMemBuffer, trsupport->pOrderDescriptor, pState->numOfSub);
  tscFreeRetrieveSup(pSql);

  // in case of second stage join subquery, invoke its callback function instead of regular QueueAsyncRes
  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pParentSql->cmd);

  if (!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_JOIN_SEC_STAGE)) {

    int32_t code = pParentSql->res.code;
    SSqlObj *userSql = pParentSql->rootObj;

    if ((code == TSDB_CODE_TDB_INVALID_TABLE_ID || code == TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID) && userSql->retry < userSql->maxRetry) {
      if (userSql != pParentSql) {
        tscFreeRetrieveSup(pParentSql);
      }

      tscFreeSubobj(userSql);      
      tfree(userSql->pSubs);

      userSql->res.code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
      userSql->retry++;

      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" retry parse sql and send query, prev error: %s, retry:%d", userSql->self,
          tstrerror(code), userSql->retry);

      tscResetSqlCmd(&userSql->cmd, true);
      code = tsParseSql(userSql, true);
      if (code == TSDB_CODE_TSC_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS) {
        return;
      }

      if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
        userSql->res.code = code;
        tscAsyncResultOnError(userSql);
        return;
      }

      pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&userSql->cmd);
      executeQuery(userSql, pQueryInfo);
    } else {
      (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, pParentSql->res.code);
    }
  } else {  // regular super table query
    if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
    }
  }
}

static void tscAllDataRetrievedFromDnode(SRetrieveSupport *trsupport, SSqlObj* pSql) {
  if (trsupport->pExtMemBuffer == NULL){
    return;
  }
  int32_t           idx = trsupport->subqueryIndex;
  SSqlObj *         pParentSql = trsupport->pParentSql;
  tOrderDescriptor *pDesc = trsupport->pOrderDescriptor;
  
  SSubqueryState* pState = &pParentSql->subState;
  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
  
  STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = pQueryInfo->pTableMetaInfo[0];
  
  // data in from current vnode is stored in cache and disk
  uint32_t numOfRowsFromSubquery = (uint32_t)(trsupport->pExtMemBuffer[idx]->numOfTotalElems + trsupport->localBuffer->num);
  SVgroupsInfo* vgroupsInfo = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList;
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" all data retrieved from ep:%s, vgId:%d, numOfRows:%d, orderOfSub:%d", pParentSql->self,
      pSql->self, vgroupsInfo->vgroups[0].epAddr[0].fqdn, vgroupsInfo->vgroups[0].vgId, numOfRowsFromSubquery, idx);
  
  tColModelCompact(pDesc->pColumnModel, trsupport->localBuffer, pDesc->pColumnModel->capacity);

#ifdef _DEBUG_VIEW
  printf("%" PRIu64 " rows data flushed to disk:\n", trsupport->localBuffer->num);
    SSrcColumnInfo colInfo[256] = {0};
    tscGetSrcColumnInfo(colInfo, pQueryInfo);
    tColModelDisplayEx(pDesc->pColumnModel, trsupport->localBuffer->data, trsupport->localBuffer->num,
                       trsupport->localBuffer->num, colInfo);
#endif
  
  if (tsTotalTmpDirGB != 0 && tsAvailTmpDirectorySpace < tsReservedTmpDirectorySpace) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" client disk space remain %.3f GB, need at least %.3f GB, stop query", pParentSql->self, pSql->self,
             tsAvailTmpDirectorySpace, tsReservedTmpDirectorySpace);
    tscAbortFurtherRetryRetrieval(trsupport, pSql, TSDB_CODE_TSC_NO_DISKSPACE);
    return;
  }
  
  // each result for a vnode is ordered as an independant list,
  // then used as an input of loser tree for disk-based merge
  int32_t code = tscFlushTmpBuffer(trsupport->pExtMemBuffer[idx], pDesc, trsupport->localBuffer, pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.orderType);
  if (code != 0) { // set no disk space error info, and abort retry
    tscAbortFurtherRetryRetrieval(trsupport, pSql, code);
    return;
  }
  
  if (!subAndCheckDone(pSql, pParentSql, idx)) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" orderOfSub:%d freed, not finished", pParentSql->self, pSql->self,
        trsupport->subqueryIndex);

    tscFreeRetrieveSup(pSql);
    return;
  }  
  
  // all sub-queries are returned, start to local merge process
  pDesc->pColumnModel->capacity = trsupport->pExtMemBuffer[idx]->numOfElemsPerPage;
  
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" retrieve from %d vnodes completed.final NumOfRows:%" PRId64 ",start to build loser tree",
      pParentSql->self, pState->numOfSub, pState->numOfRetrievedRows);
  
  SQueryInfo *pPQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pParentSql->cmd);
  
  code = tscCreateGlobalMerger(trsupport->pExtMemBuffer, pState->numOfSub, pDesc, pPQueryInfo, &pParentSql->res.pMerger, pParentSql->self);
  pParentSql->res.code = code;

  if (code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS && trsupport->pExtMemBuffer == NULL) {
    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT; // no result, set the result empty
  } else {
    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_GLOBALMERGE;
  }

  tscCreateResPointerInfo(&pParentSql->res, pPQueryInfo);

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" build loser tree completed", pParentSql->self);
  
  pParentSql->res.precision = pSql->res.precision;
  pParentSql->res.numOfRows = 0;
  pParentSql->res.row = 0;
  pParentSql->res.numOfGroups = 0;

  tscFreeRetrieveSup(pSql);

  // set the command flag must be after the semaphore been correctly set.
  if (pParentSql->cmd.command != TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT) {
    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_GLOBALMERGE;

    SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo2 = tscGetQueryInfo(&pParentSql->cmd);

    size_t size = tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);
    for (int32_t j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
      SExprInfo* pExprInfo = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo2, j);

      int32_t functionId = pExprInfo->base.functionId;
      if (functionId < 0) {
        SUdfInfo* pUdfInfo = taosArrayGet(pQueryInfo2->pUdfInfo, -1 * functionId - 1);
        code = initUdfInfo(pUdfInfo);
        if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
          pParentSql->res.code = code;
          tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  if (pParentSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, 0);
  } else {
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentSql);
  }
}

static void tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack(void *param, TAOS_RES *tres, int numOfRows) {
  SSqlObj *pSql = (SSqlObj *)tres;
  assert(pSql != NULL);

  // this query has been freed already
  SRetrieveSupport *trsupport = (SRetrieveSupport *)param;
  if (pSql->param == NULL || param == NULL) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" already freed in dnodecallback", pSql->self);
    return;
  }

  tOrderDescriptor *pDesc = trsupport->pOrderDescriptor;
  int32_t           idx   = trsupport->subqueryIndex;
  SSqlObj *         pParentSql = trsupport->pParentSql;

  SSubqueryState* pState = &pParentSql->subState;
  
  STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pSql->cmd, 0);
  SVgroupInfo  *pVgroup = &pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->vgroups[0];

  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    trsupport->numOfRetry = MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY;
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" query cancelled/failed, sub:%p, vgId:%d, orderOfSub:%d, code:%s, global code:%s",
             pParentSql->self, pSql, pVgroup->vgId, trsupport->subqueryIndex, tstrerror(numOfRows), tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));

    tscHandleSubqueryError(param, tres, numOfRows);
    return;
  }

  if (taos_errno(pSql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    assert(numOfRows == taos_errno(pSql));

    if (numOfRows == TSDB_CODE_TSC_QUERY_CANCELLED) {
      trsupport->numOfRetry = MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY;
    }

    if (trsupport->numOfRetry++ < MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" failed code:%s, retry:%d", pParentSql->self, pSql->self, tstrerror(numOfRows), trsupport->numOfRetry);

      int32_t sent = 0;
      
      tscReissueSubquery(trsupport, pSql, numOfRows, &sent);
      if (sent) {
        return;
      }
    } else {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:%p reach the max retry times, set global code:%s", pParentSql->self, pSql, tstrerror(numOfRows));
      atomic_val_compare_exchange_32(&pParentSql->res.code, TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS, numOfRows);  // set global code and abort
    }

    tscHandleSubqueryError(param, tres, numOfRows);
    return;
  }
  
  SSqlRes *   pRes = &pSql->res;
  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
  
  if (numOfRows > 0) {
    assert(pRes->numOfRows == numOfRows);
    int64_t num = atomic_add_fetch_64(&pState->numOfRetrievedRows, numOfRows);
    
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" retrieve numOfRows:%d totalNumOfRows:%" PRIu64 " from ep:%s, orderOfSub:%d",
        pParentSql->self, pSql->self, pRes->numOfRows, pState->numOfRetrievedRows, pSql->epSet.fqdn[pSql->epSet.inUse], idx);

    if (num > tsMaxNumOfOrderedResults && tscIsProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0) && !(tscGetQueryInfo(&pParentSql->cmd)->distinct)) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" num of OrderedRes is too many, max allowed:%" PRId32 " , current:%" PRId64,
               pParentSql->self, pSql->self, tsMaxNumOfOrderedResults, num);
      tscAbortFurtherRetryRetrieval(trsupport, tres, TSDB_CODE_TSC_SORTED_RES_TOO_MANY);
      return;
    }

#ifdef _DEBUG_VIEW
    printf("received data from vnode: %"PRIu64" rows\n", pRes->numOfRows);
    SSrcColumnInfo colInfo[256] = {0};

    tscGetSrcColumnInfo(colInfo, pQueryInfo);
    tColModelDisplayEx(pDesc->pColumnModel, pRes->data, pRes->numOfRows, pRes->numOfRows, colInfo);
#endif
    
    // no disk space for tmp directory
    if (tsTotalTmpDirGB != 0 && tsAvailTmpDirectorySpace < tsReservedTmpDirectorySpace) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" client disk space remain %.3f GB, need at least %.3f GB, stop query", pParentSql->self, pSql->self,
               tsAvailTmpDirectorySpace, tsReservedTmpDirectorySpace);
      tscAbortFurtherRetryRetrieval(trsupport, tres, TSDB_CODE_TSC_NO_DISKSPACE);
      return;
    }
    
    int32_t ret = saveToBuffer(trsupport->pExtMemBuffer[idx], pDesc, trsupport->localBuffer, pRes->data,
                               pRes->numOfRows, pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.orderType);
    if (ret != 0) { // set no disk space error info, and abort retry
      tscAbortFurtherRetryRetrieval(trsupport, tres, TSDB_CODE_TSC_NO_DISKSPACE);
    } else if (pRes->completed) {
      tscAllDataRetrievedFromDnode(trsupport, pSql);
    } else { // continue fetch data from dnode
      taos_fetch_rows_a(tres, tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack, param);
    }
    
  } else { // all data has been retrieved to client
    tscAllDataRetrievedFromDnode(trsupport, pSql);
  }
}

static SSqlObj *tscCreateSTableSubquery(SSqlObj *pSql, SRetrieveSupport *trsupport, SSqlObj *prevSqlObj) {
  const int32_t table_index = 0;
  
  SSqlObj *pNew = createSubqueryObj(pSql, table_index, tscRetrieveDataRes, trsupport, TSDB_SQL_SELECT, prevSqlObj);
  if (pNew != NULL) {  // the sub query of two-stage super table query
    SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pNew->cmd);

    pNew->cmd.active = pQueryInfo;
    pQueryInfo->type |= TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_STABLE_SUBQUERY;

    // clear the limit/offset info, since it should not be sent to vnode to be executed.
    pQueryInfo->limit.limit = -1;
    pQueryInfo->limit.offset = 0;

    assert(trsupport->subqueryIndex < pSql->subState.numOfSub);
    
    // launch subquery for each vnode, so the subquery index equals to the vgroupIndex.
    STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, table_index);
    pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex = trsupport->subqueryIndex;

    pSql->pSubs[trsupport->subqueryIndex] = pNew;
  }
  
  return pNew;
}

// todo there is are race condition in this function, while cancel is called by user.
void tscRetrieveDataRes(void *param, TAOS_RES *tres, int code) {
  // the param may be null, since it may be done by other query threads. and the asyncOnError may enter in this
  // function while kill query by a user.
  if (param == NULL) {
    assert(code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS);
    return;
  }

  SRetrieveSupport *trsupport = (SRetrieveSupport *) param;
  
  SSqlObj*  pParentSql = trsupport->pParentSql;
  SSqlObj*  pSql = (SSqlObj *) tres;

  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
  assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);
  
  STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pSql->cmd, 0);
  SVgroupInfo* pVgroup = &pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->vgroups[trsupport->subqueryIndex];

  // stable query killed or other subquery failed, all query stopped
  if (pParentSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    trsupport->numOfRetry = MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY;
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" query cancelled or failed, sub:0x%"PRIx64", vgId:%d, orderOfSub:%d, code:%s, global code:%s",
        pParentSql->self, pSql->self, pVgroup->vgId, trsupport->subqueryIndex, tstrerror(code), tstrerror(pParentSql->res.code));

    tscHandleSubqueryError(param, tres, code);
    return;
  }
  
  /*
   * if a subquery on a vnode failed, all retrieve operations from vnode that occurs later
   * than this one are actually not necessary, we simply call the tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack
   * function to abort current and remain retrieve process.
   *
   * NOTE: thread safe is required.
   */
  if (taos_errno(pSql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    assert(code == taos_errno(pSql));

    if (trsupport->numOfRetry++ < MAX_NUM_OF_SUBQUERY_RETRY && (code != TSDB_CODE_TDB_INVALID_TABLE_ID)) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" failed code:%s, retry:%d", pParentSql->self, pSql->self, tstrerror(code), trsupport->numOfRetry);
      
      int32_t sent = 0;
      tscReissueSubquery(trsupport, pSql, code, &sent);
      if (sent) {
        return;
      }
    } else {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" reach the max retry times or no need to retry, set global code:%s", pParentSql->self, pSql->self, tstrerror(code));
      atomic_val_compare_exchange_32(&pParentSql->res.code, TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS, code);  // set global code and abort
    }

    tscHandleSubqueryError(param, tres, pParentSql->res.code);
    return;
  }

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" query complete, ep:%s, vgId:%d, orderOfSub:%d, retrieve data", trsupport->pParentSql->self,
      pSql->self, pVgroup->epAddr[pSql->epSet.inUse].fqdn, pVgroup->vgId, trsupport->subqueryIndex);

  if (pSql->res.qId == 0) { // qhandle is NULL, code is TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS means no results generated from this vnode
    tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack(param, pSql, 0);
  } else {
    taos_fetch_rows_a(tres, tscRetrieveFromDnodeCallBack, param);
  }
}

static bool needRetryInsert(SSqlObj* pParentObj, int32_t numOfSub) {
  if (pParentObj->retry > pParentObj->maxRetry) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" max retry reached, abort the retry effort", pParentObj->self);
    return false;
  }

  for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfSub; ++i) {
    int32_t code = pParentObj->pSubs[i]->res.code;
    if (code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      continue;
    }

    if (code != TSDB_CODE_TDB_TABLE_RECONFIGURE && code != TSDB_CODE_TDB_INVALID_TABLE_ID &&
        code != TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID && code != TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL &&
        code != TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY) {
      pParentObj->res.code = code;
      return false;
    }
  }

  return true;
}

static void doFreeInsertSupporter(SSqlObj* pSqlObj) {
  assert(pSqlObj != NULL && pSqlObj->subState.numOfSub > 0);

  for(int32_t i = 0; i < pSqlObj->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSql = pSqlObj->pSubs[i];
    tfree(pSql->param);
  }
}

static void multiVnodeInsertFinalize(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int numOfRows) {
  SInsertSupporter *pSupporter = (SInsertSupporter *)param;
  SSqlObj* pParentObj = pSupporter->pSql;

  // record the total inserted rows
  if (numOfRows > 0) {
    atomic_add_fetch_32(&pParentObj->res.numOfRows, numOfRows);
  }

  if (taos_errno(tres) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    SSqlObj* pSql = (SSqlObj*) tres;
    assert(pSql != NULL && pSql->res.code == numOfRows);
    
    pParentObj->res.code = pSql->res.code;

    // set the flag in the parent sqlObj
    if (pSql->cmd.insertParam.schemaAttached) {
      pParentObj->cmd.insertParam.schemaAttached = 1;
    }
  }
  
  if (!subAndCheckDone(tres, pParentObj, pSupporter->index)) {
    // concurrency problem, other thread already release pParentObj 
    //tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" insert:%p,%d completed, total:%d", pParentObj->self, tres, suppIdx, pParentObj->subState.numOfSub);
    return;
  }

  // restore user defined fp
  pParentObj->fp = pParentObj->fetchFp;
  int32_t numOfSub = pParentObj->subState.numOfSub;
  doFreeInsertSupporter(pParentObj);

  if (pParentObj->res.code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" Async insertion completed, total inserted:%d", pParentObj->self, pParentObj->res.numOfRows);

    // todo remove this parameter in async callback function definition.
    // all data has been sent to vnode, call user function
    int32_t v = (pParentObj->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) ? pParentObj->res.code : (int32_t)pParentObj->res.numOfRows;
    (*pParentObj->fp)(pParentObj->param, pParentObj, v);
  } else {
    if (!needRetryInsert(pParentObj, numOfSub)) {
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentObj);
      return;
    }

    int32_t numOfFailed = 0;
    for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfSub; ++i) {
      SSqlObj* pSql = pParentObj->pSubs[i];
      if (pSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
        numOfFailed += 1;

        // clean up tableMeta in cache
        tscFreeQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd, false);
        SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfoS(&pSql->cmd);
        STableMetaInfo* pMasterTableMetaInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pParentObj->cmd, 0);
        tscAddTableMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, &pMasterTableMetaInfo->name, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

        subquerySetState(pSql, &pParentObj->subState, i, 0);

        tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64", failed sub:%d, %p", pParentObj->self, i, pSql);
      }
    }

    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" Async insertion completed, total inserted:%d rows, numOfFailed:%d, numOfTotal:%d", pParentObj->self,
             pParentObj->res.numOfRows, numOfFailed, numOfSub);

    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" cleanup %d tableMeta in hashTable before reparse sql", pParentObj->self, pParentObj->cmd.insertParam.numOfTables);
    for(int32_t i = 0; i < pParentObj->cmd.insertParam.numOfTables; ++i) {
      char name[TSDB_TABLE_FNAME_LEN] = {0};
      tNameExtractFullName(pParentObj->cmd.insertParam.pTableNameList[i], name);
      taosHashRemove(tscTableMetaMap, name, strnlen(name, TSDB_TABLE_FNAME_LEN));
    }

    pParentObj->res.code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
    tscResetSqlCmd(&pParentObj->cmd, false);

    // in case of insert, redo parsing the sql string and build new submit data block for two reasons:
    // 1. the table Id(tid & uid) may have been update, the submit block needs to be updated accordingly.
    // 2. vnode may need the schema information along with submit block to update its local table schema.
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" re-parse sql to generate submit data, retry:%d", pParentObj->self, pParentObj->retry);
    pParentObj->retry++;

    int32_t code = tsParseSql(pParentObj, true);
    if (code == TSDB_CODE_TSC_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS) return;

    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      pParentObj->res.code = code;
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pParentObj);
      return;
    }

    tscHandleMultivnodeInsert(pParentObj);
  }
}

/**
 * it is a subquery, so after parse the sql string, copy the submit block to payload of itself
 * @param pSql
 * @return
 */
int32_t tscHandleInsertRetry(SSqlObj* pParent, SSqlObj* pSql) {
  assert(pSql != NULL && pSql->param != NULL);
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SInsertSupporter* pSupporter = (SInsertSupporter*) pSql->param;
  assert(pSupporter->index < pSupporter->pSql->subState.numOfSub);

  STableDataBlocks* pTableDataBlock = taosArrayGetP(pParent->cmd.insertParam.pDataBlocks, pSupporter->index);
  int32_t code = tscCopyDataBlockToPayload(pSql, pTableDataBlock);

  if ((pRes->code = code)!= TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
    return code;  // here the pSql may have been released already.
  }

  return tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSql, NULL);
}

int32_t tscHandleMultivnodeInsert(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  SSqlCmd *pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes *pRes = &pSql->res;

  // it is the failure retry insert
  if (pSql->pSubs != NULL) {
    int32_t blockNum = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pCmd->insertParam.pDataBlocks);
    if (pSql->subState.numOfSub != blockNum) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" sub num:%d is not same with data block num:%d", pSql->self, pSql->subState.numOfSub, blockNum);
      pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_APP_ERROR;
      return pRes->code;
    }

    for(int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
      SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
      SInsertSupporter* pSup = calloc(1, sizeof(SInsertSupporter));
      pSup->index = i;
      pSup->pSql = pSql;

      pSub->param = pSup;
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:0x%"PRIx64" launch sub insert, orderOfSub:%d", pSql->self, pSub->self, i);
      if (pSub->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
        tscHandleInsertRetry(pSql, pSub);
      }
    }

    return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
  }

  pSql->subState.numOfSub = (uint16_t)taosArrayGetSize(pCmd->insertParam.pDataBlocks);
  assert(pSql->subState.numOfSub > 0);

  pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;

  // the number of already initialized subqueries
  int32_t numOfSub = 0;

  if (pSql->subState.states == NULL) {
    pSql->subState.states = calloc(pSql->subState.numOfSub, sizeof(*pSql->subState.states));
    if (pSql->subState.states == NULL) {
      pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto _error;
    }

    pthread_mutex_init(&pSql->subState.mutex, NULL);
  }

  memset(pSql->subState.states, 0, sizeof(*pSql->subState.states) * pSql->subState.numOfSub);
  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" reset all sub states to 0", pSql->self);

  pSql->pSubs = calloc(pSql->subState.numOfSub, POINTER_BYTES);
  if (pSql->pSubs == NULL) {
    goto _error;
  }

  tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" submit data to %d vnode(s)", pSql->self, pSql->subState.numOfSub);

  while(numOfSub < pSql->subState.numOfSub) {
    SInsertSupporter* pSupporter = calloc(1, sizeof(SInsertSupporter));
    if (pSupporter == NULL) {
      goto _error;
    }

    pSupporter->pSql   = pSql;
    pSupporter->index  = numOfSub;

    SSqlObj *pNew = createSimpleSubObj(pSql, multiVnodeInsertFinalize, pSupporter, TSDB_SQL_INSERT);
    if (pNew == NULL) {
      tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to malloc buffer for subObj, orderOfSub:%d, reason:%s", pSql->self, numOfSub, strerror(errno));
      goto _error;
    }
  
    /*
     * assign the callback function to fetchFp to make sure that the error process function can restore
     * the callback function (multiVnodeInsertFinalize) correctly.
     */
    pNew->fetchFp = pNew->fp;
    pSql->pSubs[numOfSub] = pNew;

    STableDataBlocks* pTableDataBlock = taosArrayGetP(pCmd->insertParam.pDataBlocks, numOfSub);
    pRes->code = tscCopyDataBlockToPayload(pNew, pTableDataBlock);
    if (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:%p create subObj success. orderOfSub:%d", pSql->self, pNew, numOfSub);
      numOfSub++;
    } else {
      tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" prepare submit data block failed in async insertion, vnodeIdx:%d, total:%d, code:%s", pSql->self, numOfSub,
               pSql->subState.numOfSub, tstrerror(pRes->code));
      goto _error;
    }
  }
  
  if (numOfSub < pSql->subState.numOfSub) {
    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to prepare subObj structure and launch sub-insertion", pSql->self);
    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto _error;
  }

  pCmd->insertParam.pDataBlocks = tscDestroyBlockArrayList(pCmd->insertParam.pDataBlocks);

  // use the local variable
  for (int32_t j = 0; j < numOfSub; ++j) {
    SSqlObj *pSub = pSql->pSubs[j];
    tscDebug("0x%"PRIx64" sub:%p launch sub insert, orderOfSub:%d", pSql->self, pSub, j);
    tscBuildAndSendRequest(pSub, NULL);
  }

  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;

  _error:
  return TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
}

static char* getResultBlockPosition(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SSqlRes* pRes, int32_t columnIndex, int16_t* bytes) {
  SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);

  SInternalField* pInfo = (SInternalField*) TARRAY_GET_ELEM(pQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.internalField, columnIndex);
  assert(pInfo->pExpr->pExpr == NULL);

  *bytes = pInfo->pExpr->base.resBytes;
  if (pRes->data != NULL) {
    return pRes->data + pInfo->pExpr->base.offset * pRes->numOfRows + pRes->row * (*bytes);
  } else {
    return ((char*)pRes->urow[columnIndex]) + pRes->row * (*bytes);
  }
}

static void doBuildResFromSubqueries(SSqlObj* pSql) {
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);

  int32_t numOfRes = INT32_MAX;
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSub == NULL) {
      continue;
    }

    int32_t remain = (int32_t)(pSub->res.numOfRows - pSub->res.row);
    numOfRes = (int32_t)(MIN(numOfRes, remain));
  }

  if (numOfRes == 0) {  // no result any more, free all subquery objects
    pSql->res.completed = true;
    freeJoinSubqueryObj(pSql);
    return;
  }

//  tscRestoreFuncForSTableQuery(pQueryInfo);
  int32_t rowSize = tscGetResRowLength(pQueryInfo->exprList);

  assert(numOfRes * rowSize > 0);
  char* tmp = realloc(pRes->pRsp, numOfRes * rowSize + sizeof(tFilePage));
  if (tmp == NULL) {
    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    return;
  } else {
    pRes->pRsp = tmp;
  }

  tFilePage* pFilePage = (tFilePage*) pRes->pRsp;
  pFilePage->num = numOfRes;

  pRes->data = pFilePage->data;
  char* data = pRes->data;

  int16_t bytes = 0;

  tscRestoreFuncForSTableQuery(pQueryInfo);
  tscFieldInfoUpdateOffset(pQueryInfo);
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSub == NULL) {
      continue;
    }

    SQueryInfo* pSubQueryInfo = pSub->cmd.pQueryInfo;
    tscRestoreFuncForSTableQuery(pSubQueryInfo);
    tscFieldInfoUpdateOffset(pSubQueryInfo);
  }

  size_t numOfExprs = tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfExprs; ++i) {
    SColumnIndex* pIndex = &pRes->pColumnIndex[i];
    SSqlRes*      pRes1 = &pSql->pSubs[pIndex->tableIndex]->res;
    SSqlCmd*      pCmd1 = &pSql->pSubs[pIndex->tableIndex]->cmd;

    char* pData = getResultBlockPosition(pCmd1, pRes1, pIndex->columnIndex, &bytes);
    memcpy(data, pData, bytes * numOfRes);

    pRes->dataConverted = pRes1->dataConverted;

    data += bytes * numOfRes;
  }

  for(int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
    SSqlObj* pSub = pSql->pSubs[i];
    if (pSub == NULL) {
      continue;
    }

    pSub->res.row += numOfRes;
    assert(pSub->res.row <= pSub->res.numOfRows);
  }

  pRes->numOfRows = numOfRes;
  pRes->numOfClauseTotal += numOfRes;

  int32_t finalRowSize = 0;
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < tscNumOfFields(pQueryInfo); ++i) {
    TAOS_FIELD* pField = tscFieldInfoGetField(&pQueryInfo->fieldsInfo, i);
    finalRowSize += pField->bytes;
  }

  doArithmeticCalculate(pQueryInfo, pFilePage, rowSize, finalRowSize);

  pRes->data = pFilePage->data;
  tscSetResRawPtr(pRes, pQueryInfo, pRes->dataConverted);
}

void tscBuildResFromSubqueries(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  SSqlRes* pRes = &pSql->res;

  if (pRes->code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
    return;
  }

  if (pRes->tsrow == NULL) {
    SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->cmd);
    pRes->numOfCols = (int16_t) tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);

    pRes->tsrow  = calloc(pRes->numOfCols, POINTER_BYTES);
    pRes->urow   = calloc(pRes->numOfCols, POINTER_BYTES);
    pRes->buffer = calloc(pRes->numOfCols, POINTER_BYTES);
    pRes->length = calloc(pRes->numOfCols, sizeof(int32_t));

    if (pRes->tsrow == NULL || pRes->buffer == NULL || pRes->length == NULL) {
      pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
      return;
    }
  }

  assert (pRes->row >= pRes->numOfRows);
  doBuildResFromSubqueries(pSql);
  if (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
    (*pSql->fp)(pSql->param, pSql, pRes->numOfRows);
  } else {
    tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);
  }
}

char *getArithmeticInputSrc(void *param, const char *name, int32_t colId) {
  SArithmeticSupport *pSupport = (SArithmeticSupport *) param;

  int32_t index = -1;
  SExprInfo* pExpr = NULL;
  
  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSupport->numOfCols; ++i) {
    pExpr = taosArrayGetP(pSupport->exprList, i);
    if (strncmp(name, pExpr->base.aliasName, sizeof(pExpr->base.aliasName) - 1) == 0) {
      index = i;
      break;
    }
  }

  assert(index >= 0 && index < pSupport->numOfCols);
  return pSupport->data[index] + pSupport->offset * pExpr->base.resBytes;
}

TAOS_ROW doSetResultRowData(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  SSqlCmd *pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  SSqlRes *pRes = &pSql->res;

  assert(pRes->row >= 0 && pRes->row <= pRes->numOfRows);
  if (pRes->row >= pRes->numOfRows) {  // all the results has returned to invoker
    tfree(pRes->tsrow);
    return pRes->tsrow;
  }

  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);

  size_t size = tscNumOfFields(pQueryInfo);

  int32_t j = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    SInternalField* pInfo = (SInternalField*)TARRAY_GET_ELEM(pQueryInfo->fieldsInfo.internalField, i);
    if (!pInfo->visible) {
      continue;
    }

    int32_t type  = pInfo->field.type;
    int32_t bytes = pInfo->field.bytes;

    if (type != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY && type != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR) {
      pRes->tsrow[j] = isNull(pRes->urow[i], type) ? NULL : pRes->urow[i];
    } else {
      pRes->tsrow[j] = isNull(pRes->urow[i], type) ? NULL : varDataVal(pRes->urow[i]);
      pRes->length[j] = varDataLen(pRes->urow[i]);
    }

    ((char**) pRes->urow)[i] += bytes;
    j += 1;
  }

  pRes->row++;  // index increase one-step
  return pRes->tsrow;
}

static UNUSED_FUNC bool tscHasRemainDataInSubqueryResultSet(SSqlObj *pSql) {
  bool     hasData = true;
  SSqlCmd *pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
  
  SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd);
  if (tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pQueryInfo, 0)) {
    bool allSubqueryExhausted = true;

    for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
      if (pSql->pSubs[i] == NULL) {
        continue;
      }

      SSqlRes *pRes1 = &pSql->pSubs[i]->res;
      SSqlCmd *pCmd1 = &pSql->pSubs[i]->cmd;

      SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo1 = tscGetQueryInfo(pCmd1);
      assert(pQueryInfo1->numOfTables == 1);

      STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo1, 0);

      /*
       * if the global limitation is not reached, and current result has not exhausted, or next more vnodes are
       * available, goes on
       */
      if (pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex < pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups && pRes1->row < pRes1->numOfRows &&
          (!tscHasReachLimitation(pQueryInfo1, pRes1))) {
        allSubqueryExhausted = false;
        break;
      }
    }

    hasData = !allSubqueryExhausted;
  } else {  // otherwise, in case inner join, if any subquery exhausted, query completed.
    for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSql->subState.numOfSub; ++i) {
      if (pSql->pSubs[i] == 0) {
        continue;
      }

      SSqlRes *   pRes1 = &pSql->pSubs[i]->res;
      SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo1 = tscGetQueryInfo(&pSql->pSubs[i]->cmd);
      
      if ((pRes1->row >= pRes1->numOfRows && tscHasReachLimitation(pQueryInfo1, pRes1) &&
           tscIsProjectionQuery(pQueryInfo1)) ||
          (pRes1->numOfRows == 0)) {
        hasData = false;
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  
  return hasData;
}

void* createQInfoFromQueryNode(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, STableGroupInfo* pTableGroupInfo, SOperatorInfo* pSourceOperator,
                               char* sql, void* merger, int32_t stage, uint64_t qId) {
  assert(pQueryInfo != NULL);
  SQInfo *pQInfo = (SQInfo *)calloc(1, sizeof(SQInfo));
  if (pQInfo == NULL) {
    goto _cleanup;
  }

  // to make sure third party won't overwrite this structure
  pQInfo->signature = pQInfo;
  pQInfo->qId       = qId;
  SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv = &pQInfo->runtimeEnv;
  SQueryAttr       *pQueryAttr  = &pQInfo->query;

  pRuntimeEnv->pQueryAttr = pQueryAttr;
  tscCreateQueryFromQueryInfo(pQueryInfo, pQueryAttr, NULL);

  pQueryAttr->tableGroupInfo = *pTableGroupInfo;

  // calculate the result row size
  SExprInfo* pEx = NULL;
  int32_t num = 0;
  if (pQueryAttr->pExpr3 != NULL) {
    pEx = pQueryAttr->pExpr3;
    num = pQueryAttr->numOfExpr3;
  } else if (pQueryAttr->pExpr2 != NULL) {
    pEx = pQueryAttr->pExpr2;
    num = pQueryAttr->numOfExpr2;
  } else {
    pEx = pQueryAttr->pExpr1;
    num = pQueryAttr->numOfOutput;
  }

  for (int16_t col = 0; col < num; ++col) {
    pQueryAttr->resultRowSize += pEx[col].base.resBytes;

    // keep the tag length
    if (TSDB_COL_IS_TAG(pEx[col].base.colInfo.flag)) {
      pQueryAttr->tagLen += pEx[col].base.resBytes;
    }
  }

  size_t numOfGroups = 0;
  if (pTableGroupInfo->pGroupList != NULL) {
    numOfGroups = taosArrayGetSize(pTableGroupInfo->pGroupList);
    STableGroupInfo* pTableqinfo = &pQInfo->runtimeEnv.tableqinfoGroupInfo;

    pTableqinfo->pGroupList = taosArrayInit(numOfGroups, POINTER_BYTES);
    pTableqinfo->numOfTables = pTableGroupInfo->numOfTables;
    pTableqinfo->map = taosHashInit(pTableGroupInfo->numOfTables, taosGetDefaultHashFunction(TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT), true, HASH_NO_LOCK);
  }

  pQInfo->pBuf = calloc(pTableGroupInfo->numOfTables, sizeof(STableQueryInfo));
  if (pQInfo->pBuf == NULL) {
    goto _cleanup;
  }

  pQInfo->dataReady = QUERY_RESULT_NOT_READY;
  pQInfo->rspContext = NULL;
  pQInfo->sql = sql;

  pthread_mutex_init(&pQInfo->lock, NULL);
  tsem_init(&pQInfo->ready, 0, 0);

  int32_t index = 0;
  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfGroups; ++i) {
    SArray* pa = taosArrayGetP(pQueryAttr->tableGroupInfo.pGroupList, i);

    size_t s = taosArrayGetSize(pa);
    SArray* p1 = taosArrayInit(s, POINTER_BYTES);
    if (p1 == NULL) {
      goto _cleanup;
    }

    taosArrayPush(pRuntimeEnv->tableqinfoGroupInfo.pGroupList, &p1);

    STimeWindow window = pQueryAttr->window;
    for(int32_t j = 0; j < s; ++j) {
      STableKeyInfo* info = taosArrayGet(pa, j);
      window.skey = info->lastKey;

      void* buf = (char*) pQInfo->pBuf + index * sizeof(STableQueryInfo);
      STableQueryInfo* item = createTableQueryInfo(pQueryAttr, info->pTable, pQueryAttr->groupbyColumn, window, buf);
      if (item == NULL) {
        goto _cleanup;
      }

      item->groupIndex = i;
      taosArrayPush(p1, &item);

      STableId id = {.tid = 0, .uid = 0};
      taosHashPut(pRuntimeEnv->tableqinfoGroupInfo.map, &id.tid, sizeof(id.tid), &item, POINTER_BYTES);
      index += 1;
    }
  }

  // todo refactor: filter should not be applied here.
  createFilterInfo(pQueryAttr, 0);

  SArray* pa = NULL;
  if (stage == MASTER_SCAN) {
    pQueryAttr->createFilterOperator = false;  // no need for parent query
    pa = createExecOperatorPlan(pQueryAttr);
  } else {
    pa = createGlobalMergePlan(pQueryAttr);
  }

  STsBufInfo bufInfo = {0};
  SQueryParam param = {.pOperator = pa};
  /*int32_t code = */initQInfo(&bufInfo, NULL, pSourceOperator, pQInfo, &param, NULL, 0, merger);
  taosArrayDestroy(pa);

  return pQInfo;

  _cleanup:
  freeQInfo(pQInfo);
  return NULL;
}
