diff --git a/src/inc/tsdb.h b/src/inc/tsdb.h
index 2c774922a567a397d9ae4f69c8ce545a1ad20d8d..0b191556266d7fb82b5c4d25b4cab7c39d7847d3 100644
--- a/src/inc/tsdb.h
+++ b/src/inc/tsdb.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ STableInfo *tsdbGetTableInfo(TsdbRepoT *pRepo, STableId tid);
  *
  * @return the number of points inserted, -1 for failure and the error number is set
  */
-int32_t tsdbInsertData(TsdbRepoT *pRepo, SSubmitMsg *pMsg);
+int32_t tsdbInsertData(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitMsg *pMsg, SShellSubmitRspMsg * pRsp) ;
 
 // -- FOR QUERY TIME SERIES DATA
 
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
index 956a82cb4ff96c9670ad34ad230c48a4c80374c2..a7b59033f1ea5183287067933757e0b15d3a6de6 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int32_t tsdbCheckAndSetDefaultCfg(STsdbCfg *pCfg);
 static int32_t tsdbSetRepoEnv(STsdbRepo *pRepo);
 static int32_t tsdbDestroyRepoEnv(STsdbRepo *pRepo);
 // static int     tsdbOpenMetaFile(char *tsdbDir);
-static int32_t tsdbInsertDataToTable(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock, TSKEY now);
+static int32_t tsdbInsertDataToTable(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock, TSKEY now, int * affectedrows);
 static int32_t tsdbRestoreCfg(STsdbRepo *pRepo, STsdbCfg *pCfg);
 static int32_t tsdbGetDataDirName(STsdbRepo *pRepo, char *fname);
 static void *  tsdbCommitData(void *arg);
@@ -406,22 +406,23 @@ STableInfo *tsdbGetTableInfo(TsdbRepoT *pRepo, STableId tableId) {
 }
 
 // TODO: need to return the number of data inserted
-int32_t tsdbInsertData(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitMsg *pMsg) {
+int32_t tsdbInsertData(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitMsg *pMsg, SShellSubmitRspMsg * pRsp) {
   SSubmitMsgIter msgIter;
   STsdbRepo *pRepo = (STsdbRepo *)repo;
 
   tsdbInitSubmitMsgIter(pMsg, &msgIter);
   SSubmitBlk *pBlock = NULL;
   int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  int32_t affectedrows = 0;
 
   TSKEY now = taosGetTimestamp(pRepo->config.precision);
 
   while ((pBlock = tsdbGetSubmitMsgNext(&msgIter)) != NULL) {
-    if ((code = tsdbInsertDataToTable(repo, pBlock, now)) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    if ((code = tsdbInsertDataToTable(repo, pBlock, now, &affectedrows)) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
       return code;
     }
   }
-
+  pRsp->affectedRows = htonl(affectedrows);
   return code;
 }
 
@@ -846,7 +847,7 @@ static int32_t tdInsertRowToTable(STsdbRepo *pRepo, SDataRow row, STable *pTable
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int32_t tsdbInsertDataToTable(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock, TSKEY now) {
+static int32_t tsdbInsertDataToTable(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock, TSKEY now, int32_t *affectedrows) {
   STsdbRepo *pRepo = (STsdbRepo *)repo;
 
   STableId tableId = {.uid = pBlock->uid, .tid = pBlock->tid};
@@ -875,6 +876,7 @@ static int32_t tsdbInsertDataToTable(TsdbRepoT *repo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock, TSKEY
     if (tdInsertRowToTable(pRepo, row, pTable) < 0) {
       return -1;
     }
+     (*affectedrows)++;
   }
 
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeWrite.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeWrite.c
index ec0a3b2f0b55e544aefd26ffa6588a1015023c68..635c4669782114fa34c420bd9e7d752fc5f24828 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeWrite.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeWrite.c
@@ -91,17 +91,16 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessSubmitMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, void *pCont, SRspRet *pR
   // save insert result into item
 
   vTrace("vgId:%d, submit msg is processed", pVnode->vgId);
-  code = tsdbInsertData(pVnode->tsdb, pCont);
-
+  
   pRet->len = sizeof(SShellSubmitRspMsg);
   pRet->rsp = rpcMallocCont(pRet->len);
   SShellSubmitRspMsg *pRsp = pRet->rsp;
-
+  code = tsdbInsertData(pVnode->tsdb, pCont, pRsp);
+  pRsp->numOfFailedBlocks = 0; //TODO
+  //pRet->len += pRsp->numOfFailedBlocks * sizeof(SShellSubmitRspBlock); //TODO
   pRsp->code              = 0;
   pRsp->numOfRows         = htonl(1);
-  pRsp->affectedRows      = htonl(1);
-  pRsp->numOfFailedBlocks = 0;
-
+  
   return code;
 }