diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 50f4dd7811ae717390e435cd703b395cd90b0f22..939767defac2c9c391ae71215ad2a7d4059e2efc 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -5937,10 +5937,17 @@ int32_t validateOrderbyNode(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlNode* pSq
    * for table query, there is only one or none order option is allowed, which is the
    * ts or values(top/bottom) order is supported.
    *
-   * for super table query, the order option must be less than 3.
+   * for super table query, the order option must be less than 3 and the second must be ts.
+   *
+   * order by has 5 situations
+   * 1. from stable group by tag1 order by tag1 [ts]
+   * 2. from stable group by tbname order by tbname [ts]
+   * 3. from stable/table group by column1 order by column1
+   * 4. from stable/table order by ts
+   * 5. select stable/table top(column2,1) ... order by column2
    */
   size_t size = taosArrayGetSize(pSortOrder);
-  if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_NORMAL_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo) || UTIL_TABLE_IS_TMP_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
+  if (!UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
     if (size > 1) {
       return invalidOperationMsg(pMsgBuf, msg0);
     }
@@ -5950,7 +5957,7 @@ int32_t validateOrderbyNode(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlNode* pSq
     }
   }
   if (size > 0 && pQueryInfo->distinct) {
-    return invalidOperationMsg(pMsgBuf, msg10); 
+    return invalidOperationMsg(pMsgBuf, msg10);
   }
 
   SStrToken    columnName = {0};
@@ -5962,9 +5969,8 @@ int32_t validateOrderbyNode(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlNode* pSq
     // handle the first part of order by
     tVariant* pVar = &pItem->pVar;
 
-    // e.g., order by 1 asc, return directly with out further check.
-    if (pVar->nType >= TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TINYINT && pVar->nType <= TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT) {
-      return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+    if (pVar->nType != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY){
+      return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg1);
     }
 
     columnName.n = pVar->nLen;
@@ -5977,7 +5983,7 @@ int32_t validateOrderbyNode(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlNode* pSq
 
   if (pQueryInfo->pUdfInfo && taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->pUdfInfo) > 0) {
     int32_t usize = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->pUdfInfo);
-    
+
     for (int32_t i = 0; i < usize; ++i) {
       SUdfInfo* pUdfInfo = taosArrayGet(pQueryInfo->pUdfInfo, i);
       if (pUdfInfo->funcType == TSDB_UDF_TYPE_SCALAR) {
@@ -5996,9 +6002,9 @@ int32_t validateOrderbyNode(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlNode* pSq
     bool orderByTS = false;
     bool orderByGroupbyCol = false;
 
-    if (index.columnIndex >= tscGetNumOfColumns(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta)) {
+    if (index.columnIndex >= tscGetNumOfColumns(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta)) {    // order by tag1
       int32_t relTagIndex = index.columnIndex - tscGetNumOfColumns(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta);
-      
+
       // it is a tag column
       if (pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo == NULL) {
         return invalidOperationMsg(pMsgBuf, msg4);
@@ -6007,26 +6013,29 @@ int32_t validateOrderbyNode(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SSqlNode* pSq
       if (relTagIndex == pColIndex->colIndex) {
         orderByTags = true;
       }
-    } else if (index.columnIndex == TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) {
-      orderByTags = true;
-    }
-
-    if (PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX == index.columnIndex) {
+    } else if (index.columnIndex == TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) { // order by tbname
+      // it is a tag column
+      if (pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo == NULL) {
+        return invalidOperationMsg(pMsgBuf, msg4);
+      }
+      SColIndex* pColIndex = taosArrayGet(pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo, 0);
+      if (TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX == pColIndex->colIndex) {
+        orderByTags = true;
+      }
+    }else if (index.columnIndex == PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX) {     // order by ts
       orderByTS = true;
-    }
-
-    SArray *columnInfo = pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo;
-    if (columnInfo != NULL && taosArrayGetSize(columnInfo) > 0) {
-      SColIndex* pColIndex = taosArrayGet(columnInfo, 0);
-      if (PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX != index.columnIndex && pColIndex->colIndex == index.columnIndex) {
-        orderByGroupbyCol = true;
+    }else{    // order by normal column
+      SArray *columnInfo = pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.columnInfo;
+      if (columnInfo != NULL && taosArrayGetSize(columnInfo) > 0) {
+        SColIndex* pColIndex = taosArrayGet(columnInfo, 0);
+        if (pColIndex->colIndex == index.columnIndex) {
+          orderByGroupbyCol = true;
+        }
       }
     }
 
     if (!(orderByTags || orderByTS || orderByGroupbyCol) && !isTopBottomQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
       return invalidOperationMsg(pMsgBuf, msg3);
-    } else {  // order by top/bottom result value column is not supported in case of interval query.
-      assert(!(orderByTags && orderByTS && orderByGroupbyCol));
     }
 
     size_t s = taosArrayGetSize(pSortOrder);
diff --git a/tests/pytest/query/querySort.py b/tests/pytest/query/querySort.py
index 17022bdc41057bcb67e1530a2cb6d399bada20ff..8e0a1c93249709f3f92340bd2ad9ebac0505d886 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/query/querySort.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/query/querySort.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         self.checkColumnSorted(0, "desc")
 
         print("======= step 2: verify order for special column =========")
-        
+
         tdSql.query("select tbcol1 from st order by ts desc")
 
         tdSql.query("select tbcol6 from st order by ts desc")
@@ -122,6 +122,26 @@ class TDTestCase:
                 (i, i))
             self.checkColumnSorted(1, "desc")
 
+        tdSql.error("select tbcol1 from st order by 123")
+        tdSql.error("select tbcol1 from st order by tbname")
+        tdSql.query("select avg(tbcol1) from st group by tbname order by tbname")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 0, 5.5)
+        tdSql.checkData(5, 1, "st6")
+
+        tdSql.query("select top(tbcol1, 2) from st group by tbname order by tbname")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, 10)
+        tdSql.checkData(2, 2, "st2")
+
+        tdSql.query("select top(tbcol1, 12) from st order by tbcol1")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, 9)
+
+        tdSql.error("select top(tbcol1, 12) from st1 order by tbcol1,ts")
+        tdSql.error("select top(tbcol1, 12),tbname from st order by tbcol1,tbname")
+
+        tdSql.query("select top(tbcol1, 12) from st group by tbname order by tbname desc")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 2, "st10")
+        tdSql.checkData(10, 2, "st9")
+
     def stop(self):
         tdSql.close()
         tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)