diff --git a/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c b/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c
index 05d416377bb5c501a578649ac7240bc09824c8c8..d800d62c8ad1da8c2a485411021770d6b3a368eb 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c
@@ -609,7 +609,6 @@ bool isSameGroup(SSqlCmd *pCmd, SLocalReducer *pReducer, char *pPrev, tFilePage
 
   // disable merge procedure for column projection query
   int16_t functionId = pReducer->pCtx[0].functionId;
-  assert(functionId != TSDB_FUNC_ARITHM);
   if (pReducer->orderPrjOnSTable) {
     return true;
   }
@@ -721,12 +720,8 @@ int32_t tscLocalReducerEnvCreate(SSqlObj *pSql, tExtMemBuffer ***pMemBuffer, tOr
     int16_t type = -1;
     int16_t bytes = 0;
 
-    //    if ((pExpr->functionId >= TSDB_FUNC_FIRST_DST && pExpr->functionId <= TSDB_FUNC_LAST_DST) ||
-    //        (pExpr->functionId >= TSDB_FUNC_SUM && pExpr->functionId <= TSDB_FUNC_MAX) ||
-    //        pExpr->functionId == TSDB_FUNC_LAST_ROW) {
     // the final result size and type in the same as query on single table.
     // so here, set the flag to be false;
-
     int32_t functionId = pExpr->functionId;
     if (functionId >= TSDB_FUNC_TS && functionId <= TSDB_FUNC_DIFF) {
       type = pModel->pFields[i].field.type;
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index ea63696516e3c1c92f8c8aa57faaa1e404175f3d..055d44ff1ede33a0a8f78900a1189a3289b37a6e 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -626,6 +626,11 @@ int32_t parseIntervalClause(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SQuerySQL* pQ
     return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
   }
 
+  // orderby column not set yet, set it to be the primary timestamp column
+  if (pQueryInfo->order.orderColId == INT32_MIN) {
+    pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX;
+  }
+
   // interval is not null
   SStrToken* t = &pQuerySql->interval;
   if (parseNatualDuration(t->z, t->n, &pQueryInfo->interval.interval, &pQueryInfo->interval.intervalUnit) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
@@ -4387,7 +4392,11 @@ static void setDefaultOrderInfo(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
   STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
 
   pQueryInfo->order.order = TSDB_ORDER_ASC;
-  pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX;
+  if (isTopBottomQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
+    pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX;
+  } else { // in case of select tbname from super_table, the defualt order column can not be the primary ts column
+    pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = INT32_MIN;
+  }
 
   /* for super table query, set default ascending order for group output */
   if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {
@@ -6290,6 +6299,11 @@ int32_t doCheckForQuery(SSqlObj* pSql, SQuerySQL* pQuerySql, int32_t index) {
     return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SQL;
   }
 
+  // set order by info
+  if (parseOrderbyClause(pCmd, pQueryInfo, pQuerySql, tscGetTableSchema(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta)) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SQL;
+  }
+
   // set interval value
   if (parseIntervalClause(pCmd, pQueryInfo, pQuerySql) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
     return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SQL;
@@ -6300,11 +6314,6 @@ int32_t doCheckForQuery(SSqlObj* pSql, SQuerySQL* pQuerySql, int32_t index) {
     }
   }
 
-  // set order by info
-  if (parseOrderbyClause(pCmd, pQueryInfo, pQuerySql, tscGetTableSchema(pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta)) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SQL;
-  }
-
   // user does not specified the query time window, twa is not allowed in such case.
   if ((pQueryInfo->window.skey == INT64_MIN || pQueryInfo->window.ekey == INT64_MAX ||
        (pQueryInfo->window.ekey == INT64_MAX / 1000 && tinfo.precision == TSDB_TIME_PRECISION_MILLI)) && tscIsTWAQuery(pQueryInfo)) {