diff --git a/src/client/inc/tschemautil.h b/src/client/inc/tschemautil.h
index 99ffa4e766..67942ad42a 100644
--- a/src/client/inc/tschemautil.h
+++ b/src/client/inc/tschemautil.h
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ STableMeta* tscCreateTableMetaFromMsg(STableMetaMsg* pTableMetaMsg, size_t* size
 //todo tags value as well as the table id structure needs refactor
 char *tsGetTagsValue(STableMeta *pMeta);
 
-void extractTableNameFromToken(SSQLToken *pToken, SSQLToken* pTable);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscFunctionImpl.c b/src/client/src/tscFunctionImpl.c
index afdad05b43..0917a3b19c 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscFunctionImpl.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscFunctionImpl.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "os.h"
-#include "qast.h"
 #include "qextbuffer.h"
 #include "qfill.h"
 #include "qhistogram.h"
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qtsbuf.h"
 #include "taosdef.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
+#include "qast.h"
 #include "tscLog.h"
 #include "tscSubquery.h"
 #include "tscompression.h"
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index ea88e4a935..ec4f77b13e 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
 #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 
 #include "os.h"
-#include "qast.h"
 #include "taos.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
-#include "tstoken.h"
-#include "tstrbuild.h"
-#include "ttime.h"
+#include "qast.h"
+#include "tcompare.h"
+#include "tname.h"
 #include "tscLog.h"
 #include "tscUtil.h"
 #include "tschemautil.h"
 #include "tsclient.h"
+#include "tstoken.h"
+#include "tstrbuild.h"
+#include "ttime.h"
 #include "ttokendef.h"
-#include "tname.h"
-#include "tcompare.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_PRIMARY_TIMESTAMP_COL_NAME "_c0"
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSchemaUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscSchemaUtil.c
index da06e3e5e2..934a562387 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSchemaUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSchemaUtil.c
@@ -215,25 +215,3 @@ __attribute__ ((unused)) static FORCE_INLINE size_t copy(char* dst, const char*
   return len;
 }
 
-/*
- * tablePrefix.columnName
- * extract table name and save it in pTable, with only column name in pToken
- */
-void extractTableNameFromToken(SSQLToken* pToken, SSQLToken* pTable) {
-  const char sep = TS_PATH_DELIMITER[0];
-
-  if (pToken == pTable || pToken == NULL || pTable == NULL) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  char* r = strnchr(pToken->z, sep, pToken->n, false);
-
-  if (r != NULL) {  // record the table name token
-    pTable->n = r - pToken->z;
-    pTable->z = pToken->z;
-
-    r += 1;
-    pToken->n -= (r - pToken->z);
-    pToken->z = r;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c b/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c
index 0243d115f0..b5b659de0c 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
  */
 #include "os.h"
 
-#include "tscSubquery.h"
+#include "qtsbuf.h"
 #include "qast.h"
 #include "tcompare.h"
-#include "tschemautil.h"
-#include "qtsbuf.h"
 #include "tscLog.h"
+#include "tscSubquery.h"
+#include "tschemautil.h"
 #include "tsclient.h"
 
 typedef struct SInsertSupporter {
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ static int64_t doTSBlockIntersect(SSqlObj* pSql, SJoinSupporter* pSupporter1, SJ
   pSubQueryInfo1->tsBuf = output1;
   pSubQueryInfo2->tsBuf = output2;
 
+  // no result generated, return directly
+  if (pSupporter1->pTSBuf == NULL || pSupporter2->pTSBuf == NULL) {
+    tscDebug("%p at least one ts-comp is empty, 0 for secondary query after ts blocks intersecting", pSql);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   tsBufResetPos(pSupporter1->pTSBuf);
   tsBufResetPos(pSupporter2->pTSBuf);
 
-  // TODO add more details information
   if (!tsBufNextPos(pSupporter1->pTSBuf)) {
     tsBufFlush(output1);
     tsBufFlush(output2);
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ static void tscDestroyJoinSupporter(SJoinSupporter* pSupporter) {
     pSupporter->f = NULL;
   }
 
+  tfree(pSupporter->pIdTagList);
   tscTagCondRelease(&pSupporter->tagCond);
   free(pSupporter);
 }
@@ -420,43 +426,6 @@ static void updateQueryTimeRange(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, STimeWindow* win) {
   pQueryInfo->window = *win;
 }
 
-static UNUSED_FUNC void tSIntersectionAndLaunchSecQuery(SJoinSupporter* pSupporter, SSqlObj* pSql) {
-  SSqlObj* pParentSql = pSupporter->pObj;
-  SQueryInfo* pParentQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfoDetail(&pParentSql->cmd, pParentSql->cmd.clauseIndex);
-  
-//  if (tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(pParentQueryInfo, 0)) {
-//    STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
-//    assert(pQueryInfo->numOfTables == 1);
-//
-//    // for projection query, need to try next vnode
-////        int32_t totalVnode = pTableMetaInfo->pMetricMeta->numOfVnodes;
-//    int32_t totalVnode = 0;
-//    if ((++pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex) < totalVnode) {
-//      tscDebug("%p current vnode:%d exhausted, try next:%d. total vnode:%d. current numOfRes:%d", pSql,
-//               pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex - 1, pTableMetaInfo->vgroupIndex, totalVnode, pRes->numOfTotal);
-//
-//      pSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_SELECT;
-//      pSql->fp = tscJoinQueryCallback;
-//      tscProcessSql(pSql);
-//
-//      return;
-//    }
-//  }
-
-    SJoinSupporter* p1 = pParentSql->pSubs[0]->param;
-    SJoinSupporter* p2 = pParentSql->pSubs[1]->param;
-    
-    STimeWindow win = TSWINDOW_INITIALIZER;
-    int64_t num = doTSBlockIntersect(pParentSql, p1, p2, &win);
-    if (num <= 0) {  // no result during ts intersect
-      tscDebug("%p free all sub SqlObj and quit", pParentSql);
-      freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);
-    } else {
-      updateQueryTimeRange(pParentQueryInfo, &win);
-      tscLaunchRealSubqueries(pParentSql);
-    }
-}
-
 int32_t tscCompareTidTags(const void* p1, const void* p2) {
   const STidTags* t1 = (const STidTags*) varDataVal(p1);
   const STidTags* t2 = (const STidTags*) varDataVal(p2);
@@ -713,9 +682,12 @@ static void tidTagRetrieveCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int32_t numOfRow
   SArray *s1 = NULL, *s2 = NULL;
   getIntersectionOfTableTuple(pQueryInfo, pParentSql, &s1, &s2);
   if (taosArrayGetSize(s1) == 0 || taosArrayGetSize(s2) == 0) {  // no results,return.
-    tscDebug("%p free all sub SqlObj and quit", pParentSql);
+    tscDebug("%p tag intersect does not generated qualified tables for join, free all sub SqlObj and quit", pParentSql);
     freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);
 
+    // set no result command
+    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT;
+    (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, 0);
   } else {
     // proceed to for ts_comp query
     SSqlCmd* pSubCmd1 = &pParentSql->pSubs[0]->cmd;
@@ -846,7 +818,10 @@ static void tsCompRetrieveCallback(void* param, TAOS_RES* tres, int32_t numOfRow
   if (num <= 0) {  // no result during ts intersect
     tscDebug("%p no results generated in ts intersection, free all sub SqlObj and quit", pParentSql);
     freeJoinSubqueryObj(pParentSql);
-    
+
+    // set no result command
+    pParentSql->cmd.command = TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT;
+    (*pParentSql->fp)(pParentSql->param, pParentSql, 0);
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index 791073f7a8..ed9822eea9 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@
  */
 
 #include "os.h"
-#include "qast.h"
+#include "hash.h"
+#include "tscUtil.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
+#include "qast.h"
 #include "tcache.h"
 #include "tkey.h"
 #include "tmd5.h"
-#include "tscProfile.h"
 #include "tscLocalMerge.h"
+#include "tscLog.h"
+#include "tscProfile.h"
 #include "tscSubquery.h"
 #include "tschemautil.h"
 #include "tsclient.h"
 #include "ttimer.h"
 #include "ttokendef.h"
-#include "tscLog.h"
-#include "tscUtil.h"
-#include "hash.h"
 
 static void freeQueryInfoImpl(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo);
 static void clearAllTableMetaInfo(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, const char* address, bool removeFromCache);
diff --git a/src/common/inc/tname.h b/src/common/inc/tname.h
index 25f78cde7e..2263a5dae1 100644
--- a/src/common/inc/tname.h
+++ b/src/common/inc/tname.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "os.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
+#include "tstoken.h"
 
 typedef struct SDataStatis {
   int16_t colId;
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ void extractTableName(const char *tableId, char *name);
 
 char* extractDBName(const char *tableId, char *name);
 
+void extractTableNameFromToken(SSQLToken *pToken, SSQLToken* pTable);
+
 SSchema tGetTableNameColumnSchema();
 
 bool tscValidateTableNameLength(size_t len);
diff --git a/src/query/inc/tvariant.h b/src/common/inc/tvariant.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/query/inc/tvariant.h
rename to src/common/inc/tvariant.h
diff --git a/src/common/src/tname.c b/src/common/src/tname.c
index b3ff15f936..dd0107bf38 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tname.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tname.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int64_t taosGetIntervalStartTimestamp(int64_t startTime, int64_t slidingTime, in
     return startTime;
   }
 
-  int64_t start = ((startTime - intervalTime) / slidingTime + 1) * slidingTime;
+  int64_t start = ((startTime - slidingTime) / slidingTime + 1) * slidingTime;
   if (!(timeUnit == 'a' || timeUnit == 'm' || timeUnit == 's' || timeUnit == 'h')) {
     /*
      * here we revised the start time of day according to the local time zone,
@@ -105,3 +105,26 @@ int64_t taosGetIntervalStartTimestamp(int64_t startTime, int64_t slidingTime, in
   }
   return start;
 }
+
+/*
+ * tablePrefix.columnName
+ * extract table name and save it in pTable, with only column name in pToken
+ */
+void extractTableNameFromToken(SSQLToken* pToken, SSQLToken* pTable) {
+  const char sep = TS_PATH_DELIMITER[0];
+
+  if (pToken == pTable || pToken == NULL || pTable == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  char* r = strnchr(pToken->z, sep, pToken->n, false);
+
+  if (r != NULL) {  // record the table name token
+    pTable->n = r - pToken->z;
+    pTable->z = pToken->z;
+
+    r += 1;
+    pToken->n -= (r - pToken->z);
+    pToken->z = r;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/query/src/tvariant.c b/src/common/src/tvariant.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/query/src/tvariant.c
rename to src/common/src/tvariant.c
diff --git a/src/inc/tsdb.h b/src/inc/tsdb.h
index a599f100f9..b8cc1768e8 100644
--- a/src/inc/tsdb.h
+++ b/src/inc/tsdb.h
@@ -235,9 +235,10 @@ bool tsdbNextDataBlock(TsdbQueryHandleT *pQueryHandle);
  * Get current data block information
  *
  * @param pQueryHandle
+ * @param pBlockInfo
  * @return
  */
-SDataBlockInfo tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(TsdbQueryHandleT *pQueryHandle);
+void tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(TsdbQueryHandleT *pQueryHandle, SDataBlockInfo* pBlockInfo);
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/src/query/inc/qast.h b/src/query/inc/qast.h
index 410b2ac9d2..918604f8c9 100644
--- a/src/query/inc/qast.h
+++ b/src/query/inc/qast.h
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@
 #ifndef TDENGINE_TAST_H
 #define TDENGINE_TAST_H
 
-#include <tbuffer.h>
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include <tskiplist.h>
 #include "os.h"
 
 #include "taosmsg.h"
 #include "taosdef.h"
+#include "tskiplist.h"
+#include "tbuffer.h"
 #include "tvariant.h"
 
 struct tExprNode;
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ typedef struct tExprNode {
   };
 } tExprNode;
 
-void tSQLBinaryExprFromString(tExprNode **pExpr, SSchema *pSchema, int32_t numOfCols, char *src, int32_t len);
-
-void tSQLBinaryExprToString(tExprNode *pExpr, char *dst, int32_t *len);
-
 void tExprTreeDestroy(tExprNode **pExprs, void (*fp)(void*));
 
 void tExprTreeTraverse(tExprNode *pExpr, SSkipList *pSkipList, SArray *result, SExprTraverseSupp *param);
@@ -86,12 +82,9 @@ void tExprTreeTraverse(tExprNode *pExpr, SSkipList *pSkipList, SArray *result, S
 void tExprTreeCalcTraverse(tExprNode *pExprs, int32_t numOfRows, char *pOutput, void *param, int32_t order,
                                 char *(*cb)(void *, const char*, int32_t));
 
-// todo refactor: remove it
-void tSQLBinaryExprTrv(tExprNode *pExprs, SArray* res);
-
 uint8_t getBinaryExprOptr(SSQLToken *pToken);
 
-void       tExprNodeDestroy(tExprNode *pNode, void (*fp)(void *));
+void tExprNodeDestroy(tExprNode *pNode, void (*fp)(void *));
 void exprTreeToBinary(SBufferWriter* bw, tExprNode* pExprTree);
 
 tExprNode* exprTreeFromBinary(const void* data, size_t size);
diff --git a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
index bd8c9951e1..41f2cbe9bd 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@
 #include "qfill.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
 
+#include "exception.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "qExecutor.h"
 #include "qUtil.h"
-#include "qast.h"
 #include "qresultBuf.h"
 #include "query.h"
 #include "queryLog.h"
+#include "qast.h"
+#include "tfile.h"
 #include "tlosertree.h"
-#include "exception.h"
 #include "tscompression.h"
 #include "ttime.h"
-#include "tfile.h"
 
 /**
  * check if the primary column is load by default, otherwise, the program will
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #define GET_COL_DATA_POS(query, index, step) ((query)->pos + (index) * (step))
 #define SWITCH_ORDER(n) (((n) = ((n) == TSDB_ORDER_ASC) ? TSDB_ORDER_DESC : TSDB_ORDER_ASC))
 
+#define SDATA_BLOCK_INITIALIZER (SDataBlockInfo) {{0}, 0}
+
 /* get the qinfo struct address from the query struct address */
 #define GET_COLUMN_BYTES(query, colidx) \
   ((query)->colList[(query)->pSelectExpr[colidx].base.colInfo.colIndex].bytes)
@@ -120,7 +122,6 @@ static UNUSED_FUNC void* u_calloc(size_t num, size_t __size) {
 static void setQueryStatus(SQuery *pQuery, int8_t status);
 
 #define QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(_q) ((_q)->intervalTime > 0)
-static bool isIntervalQuery(SQuery *pQuery) { return pQuery->intervalTime > 0; }
 
 // todo move to utility
 static int32_t mergeIntoGroupResultImpl(SQInfo *pQInfo, SArray *group);
@@ -397,34 +398,38 @@ static bool hasNullValue(SQuery *pQuery, int32_t col, int32_t numOfCols, SDataSt
 }
 
 static SWindowResult *doSetTimeWindowFromKey(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo, char *pData,
-                                             int16_t bytes) {
+                                             int16_t bytes, bool masterscan) {
   SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
 
   int32_t *p1 = (int32_t *) taosHashGet(pWindowResInfo->hashList, pData, bytes);
   if (p1 != NULL) {
     pWindowResInfo->curIndex = *p1;
-  } else {  // more than the capacity, reallocate the resources
-    if (pWindowResInfo->size >= pWindowResInfo->capacity) {
-      int64_t newCap = pWindowResInfo->capacity * 2;
+  } else {
+    if (masterscan) {  // more than the capacity, reallocate the resources
+      if (pWindowResInfo->size >= pWindowResInfo->capacity) {
+        int64_t newCap = pWindowResInfo->capacity * 2;
 
-      char *t = realloc(pWindowResInfo->pResult, newCap * sizeof(SWindowResult));
-      if (t != NULL) {
-        pWindowResInfo->pResult = (SWindowResult *)t;
-        memset(&pWindowResInfo->pResult[pWindowResInfo->capacity], 0, sizeof(SWindowResult) * pWindowResInfo->capacity);
-      } else {
-        // todo
+        char *t = realloc(pWindowResInfo->pResult, newCap * sizeof(SWindowResult));
+        if (t != NULL) {
+          pWindowResInfo->pResult = (SWindowResult *)t;
+          memset(&pWindowResInfo->pResult[pWindowResInfo->capacity], 0, sizeof(SWindowResult) * pWindowResInfo->capacity);
+        } else {
+          // todo
+        }
+
+        for (int32_t i = pWindowResInfo->capacity; i < newCap; ++i) {
+          SPosInfo pos = {-1, -1};
+          createQueryResultInfo(pQuery, &pWindowResInfo->pResult[i], pRuntimeEnv->stableQuery, &pos);
+        }
+        pWindowResInfo->capacity = newCap;
       }
 
-      for (int32_t i = pWindowResInfo->capacity; i < newCap; ++i) {
-        SPosInfo pos = {-1, -1};
-        createQueryResultInfo(pQuery, &pWindowResInfo->pResult[i], pRuntimeEnv->stableQuery, &pos);
-      }
-      pWindowResInfo->capacity = newCap;
+      // add a new result set for a new group
+      pWindowResInfo->curIndex = pWindowResInfo->size++;
+      taosHashPut(pWindowResInfo->hashList, pData, bytes, (char *)&pWindowResInfo->curIndex, sizeof(int32_t));
+    } else {
+      return NULL;
     }
-
-    // add a new result set for a new group
-    pWindowResInfo->curIndex = pWindowResInfo->size++;
-    taosHashPut(pWindowResInfo->hashList, pData, bytes, (char *)&pWindowResInfo->curIndex, sizeof(int32_t));
   }
 
   return getWindowResult(pWindowResInfo, pWindowResInfo->curIndex);
@@ -511,15 +516,19 @@ static int32_t addNewWindowResultBuf(SWindowResult *pWindowRes, SDiskbasedResult
 }
 
 static int32_t setWindowOutputBufByKey(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo, int32_t sid,
-                                       STimeWindow *win) {
+                                       STimeWindow *win, bool masterscan, bool* newWind) {
   assert(win->skey <= win->ekey);
   SDiskbasedResultBuf *pResultBuf = pRuntimeEnv->pResultBuf;
 
-  SWindowResult *pWindowRes = doSetTimeWindowFromKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, (char *)&win->skey, TSDB_KEYSIZE);
+  SWindowResult *pWindowRes = doSetTimeWindowFromKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, (char *)&win->skey,
+      TSDB_KEYSIZE, masterscan);
   if (pWindowRes == NULL) {
-    return -1;
+    *newWind = false;
+
+    return masterscan? -1:0;
   }
 
+  *newWind = true;
   // not assign result buffer yet, add new result buffer
   if (pWindowRes->pos.pageId == -1) {
     int32_t ret = addNewWindowResultBuf(pWindowRes, pResultBuf, sid, pRuntimeEnv->numOfRowsPerPage);
@@ -563,7 +572,7 @@ static int32_t getForwardStepsInBlock(int32_t numOfRows, __block_search_fn_t sea
  */
 static int32_t doCheckQueryCompleted(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, TSKEY lastKey, SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo) {
   SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
-  if (pRuntimeEnv->scanFlag != MASTER_SCAN || (!isIntervalQuery(pQuery))) {
+  if (pRuntimeEnv->scanFlag != MASTER_SCAN || (!QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery))) {
     return pWindowResInfo->size;
   }
 
@@ -686,24 +695,26 @@ static void doBlockwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SWindowStat
   SQuery *        pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
   SQLFunctionCtx *pCtx = pRuntimeEnv->pCtx;
 
-  for (int32_t k = 0; k < pQuery->numOfOutput; ++k) {
-    int32_t functionId = pQuery->pSelectExpr[k].base.functionId;
+  if (IS_MASTER_SCAN(pRuntimeEnv) || pStatus->closed) {
+    for (int32_t k = 0; k < pQuery->numOfOutput; ++k) {
+      int32_t functionId = pQuery->pSelectExpr[k].base.functionId;
 
-    pCtx[k].nStartQueryTimestamp = pWin->skey;
-    pCtx[k].size = forwardStep;
-    pCtx[k].startOffset = (QUERY_IS_ASC_QUERY(pQuery)) ? offset : offset - (forwardStep - 1);
+      pCtx[k].nStartQueryTimestamp = pWin->skey;
+      pCtx[k].size = forwardStep;
+      pCtx[k].startOffset = (QUERY_IS_ASC_QUERY(pQuery)) ? offset : offset - (forwardStep - 1);
 
-    if ((aAggs[functionId].nStatus & TSDB_FUNCSTATE_SELECTIVITY) != 0) {
-      pCtx[k].ptsList = &tsBuf[offset];
-    }
+      if ((aAggs[functionId].nStatus & TSDB_FUNCSTATE_SELECTIVITY) != 0) {
+        pCtx[k].ptsList = &tsBuf[offset];
+      }
 
-    // not a whole block involved in query processing, statistics data can not be used
-    if (forwardStep != numOfTotal) {
-      pCtx[k].preAggVals.isSet = false;
-    }
+      // not a whole block involved in query processing, statistics data can not be used
+      if (forwardStep != numOfTotal) {
+        pCtx[k].preAggVals.isSet = false;
+      }
 
-    if (functionNeedToExecute(pRuntimeEnv, &pCtx[k], functionId)) {
-      aAggs[functionId].xFunction(&pCtx[k]);
+      if (functionNeedToExecute(pRuntimeEnv, &pCtx[k], functionId)) {
+        aAggs[functionId].xFunction(&pCtx[k]);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -713,12 +724,14 @@ static void doRowwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SWindowStatus
   SQuery *        pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
   SQLFunctionCtx *pCtx = pRuntimeEnv->pCtx;
 
-  for (int32_t k = 0; k < pQuery->numOfOutput; ++k) {
-    pCtx[k].nStartQueryTimestamp = pWin->skey;
+  if (IS_MASTER_SCAN(pRuntimeEnv) || pStatus->closed) {
+    for (int32_t k = 0; k < pQuery->numOfOutput; ++k) {
+      pCtx[k].nStartQueryTimestamp = pWin->skey;
 
-    int32_t functionId = pQuery->pSelectExpr[k].base.functionId;
-    if (functionNeedToExecute(pRuntimeEnv, &pCtx[k], functionId)) {
-      aAggs[functionId].xFunctionF(&pCtx[k], offset);
+      int32_t functionId = pQuery->pSelectExpr[k].base.functionId;
+      if (functionNeedToExecute(pRuntimeEnv, &pCtx[k], functionId)) {
+        aAggs[functionId].xFunctionF(&pCtx[k], offset);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -880,7 +893,8 @@ static void blockwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataStatis *
                                        SDataBlockInfo *pDataBlockInfo, SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo,
                                        __block_search_fn_t searchFn, SArray *pDataBlock) {
   SQLFunctionCtx *pCtx = pRuntimeEnv->pCtx;
-  
+  bool masterScan = IS_MASTER_SCAN(pRuntimeEnv);
+
   SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
   TSKEY  *tsCols = NULL;
   if (pDataBlock != NULL) {
@@ -903,18 +917,21 @@ static void blockwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataStatis *
     int32_t offset = GET_COL_DATA_POS(pQuery, 0, step);
     TSKEY   ts = tsCols[offset];
 
+    bool hasTimeWindow = false;
     STimeWindow win = getActiveTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo, ts, pQuery);
-    if (setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &win) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    if (setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &win, masterScan, &hasTimeWindow) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
       tfree(sasArray);
       return;
     }
 
-    TSKEY   ekey = reviseWindowEkey(pQuery, &win);
-    int32_t forwardStep =
-        getNumOfRowsInTimeWindow(pQuery, pDataBlockInfo, tsCols, pQuery->pos, ekey, searchFn, true);
+    if (hasTimeWindow) {
+      TSKEY   ekey = reviseWindowEkey(pQuery, &win);
+      int32_t forwardStep =
+          getNumOfRowsInTimeWindow(pQuery, pDataBlockInfo, tsCols, pQuery->pos, ekey, searchFn, true);
 
-    SWindowStatus *pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
-    doBlockwiseApplyFunctions(pRuntimeEnv, pStatus, &win, pQuery->pos, forwardStep, tsCols, pDataBlockInfo->rows);
+      SWindowStatus *pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
+      doBlockwiseApplyFunctions(pRuntimeEnv, pStatus, &win, pQuery->pos, forwardStep, tsCols, pDataBlockInfo->rows);
+    }
 
     int32_t     index = pWindowResInfo->curIndex;
     STimeWindow nextWin = win;
@@ -926,14 +943,19 @@ static void blockwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataStatis *
       }
 
       // null data, failed to allocate more memory buffer
-      if (setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &nextWin) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      bool hasTimeWindow = false;
+      if (setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &nextWin, masterScan, &hasTimeWindow) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
         break;
       }
 
-      ekey = reviseWindowEkey(pQuery, &nextWin);
-      forwardStep = getNumOfRowsInTimeWindow(pQuery, pDataBlockInfo, tsCols, startPos, ekey, searchFn, true);
+      if (!hasTimeWindow) {
+        continue;
+      }
 
-      pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
+      TSKEY ekey = reviseWindowEkey(pQuery, &nextWin);
+      int32_t forwardStep = getNumOfRowsInTimeWindow(pQuery, pDataBlockInfo, tsCols, startPos, ekey, searchFn, true);
+
+      SWindowStatus* pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
       doBlockwiseApplyFunctions(pRuntimeEnv, pStatus, &nextWin, startPos, forwardStep, tsCols, pDataBlockInfo->rows);
     }
 
@@ -983,7 +1005,7 @@ static int32_t setGroupResultOutputBuf(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, char *pDat
   }
 
 //  assert(pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo.hashList->size <= 2);
-  SWindowResult *pWindowRes = doSetTimeWindowFromKey(pRuntimeEnv, &pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo, pData, bytes);
+  SWindowResult *pWindowRes = doSetTimeWindowFromKey(pRuntimeEnv, &pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo, pData, bytes, true);
   if (pWindowRes == NULL) {
     return -1;
   }
@@ -1113,6 +1135,7 @@ static bool functionNeedToExecute(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SQLFunctionCtx
 static void rowwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataStatis *pStatis, SDataBlockInfo *pDataBlockInfo,
     SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo, SArray *pDataBlock) {
   SQLFunctionCtx *pCtx = pRuntimeEnv->pCtx;
+  bool masterScan = IS_MASTER_SCAN(pRuntimeEnv);
 
   SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
   STableQueryInfo* item = pQuery->current;
@@ -1179,16 +1202,21 @@ static void rowwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataStatis *pS
     }
 
     // interval window query
-    if (isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+    if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
       // decide the time window according to the primary timestamp
       int64_t     ts = tsCols[offset];
       STimeWindow win = getActiveTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo, ts, pQuery);
 
-      int32_t ret = setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &win);
+      bool hasTimeWindow = false;
+      int32_t ret = setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &win, masterScan, &hasTimeWindow);
       if (ret != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {  // null data, too many state code
         continue;
       }
 
+      if (!hasTimeWindow) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       SWindowStatus *pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
       doRowwiseApplyFunctions(pRuntimeEnv, pStatus, &win, offset);
 
@@ -1208,12 +1236,15 @@ static void rowwiseApplyFunctions(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataStatis *pS
         }
 
         // null data, failed to allocate more memory buffer
-        if (setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &nextWin) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+        bool hasTimeWindow = false;
+        if (setWindowOutputBufByKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, pDataBlockInfo->tid, &nextWin, masterScan, &hasTimeWindow) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
           break;
         }
 
-        pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
-        doRowwiseApplyFunctions(pRuntimeEnv, pStatus, &nextWin, offset);
+        if (hasTimeWindow) {
+          pStatus = getTimeWindowResStatus(pWindowResInfo, curTimeWindow(pWindowResInfo));
+          doRowwiseApplyFunctions(pRuntimeEnv, pStatus, &nextWin, offset);
+        }
       }
 
       pWindowResInfo->curIndex = index;
@@ -1283,7 +1314,7 @@ static int32_t tableApplyFunctionsOnBlock(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SDataBl
 
   // interval query with limit applied
   int32_t numOfRes = 0;
-  if (isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+  if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
     numOfRes = doCheckQueryCompleted(pRuntimeEnv, lastKey, pWindowResInfo);
   } else {
     numOfRes = getNumOfResult(pRuntimeEnv);
@@ -1869,7 +1900,7 @@ static int32_t getInitialPageNum(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
 
   if (isGroupbyNormalCol(pQuery->pGroupbyExpr)) {
     num = 128;
-  } else if (isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {  // time window query, allocate one page for each table
+  } else if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {  // time window query, allocate one page for each table
     size_t s = pQInfo->tableqinfoGroupInfo.numOfTables;
     num = MAX(s, INITIAL_RESULT_ROWS_VALUE);
   } else {    // for super table query, one page for each subset
@@ -2019,7 +2050,7 @@ SArray *loadDataBlockOnDemand(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, void* pQueryHandle,
       r |= aAggs[functionId].dataReqFunc(&pRuntimeEnv->pCtx[i], pQuery->window.skey, pQuery->window.ekey, colId);
     }
 
-    if (pRuntimeEnv->pTSBuf > 0 || isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+    if (pRuntimeEnv->pTSBuf > 0 || QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
       r |= BLK_DATA_ALL_NEEDED;
     }
   }
@@ -2173,6 +2204,7 @@ static void ensureOutputBuffer(SQueryRuntimeEnv* pRuntimeEnv, SDataBlockInfo* pB
         if (tmp == NULL) {  // todo handle the oom
           assert(0);
         } else {
+          memset(tmp + sizeof(tFilePage) + bytes * pRec->rows, 0, (newSize - pRec->rows) * bytes);
           pQuery->sdata[i] = (tFilePage *)tmp;
         }
         
@@ -2203,13 +2235,15 @@ static int64_t doScanAllDataBlocks(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv) {
          pQuery->order.order);
 
   TsdbQueryHandleT pQueryHandle = IS_MASTER_SCAN(pRuntimeEnv)? pRuntimeEnv->pQueryHandle : pRuntimeEnv->pSecQueryHandle;
+
+  SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = SDATA_BLOCK_INITIALIZER;
   while (tsdbNextDataBlock(pQueryHandle)) {
     summary->totalBlocks += 1;
     if (isQueryKilled(GET_QINFO_ADDR(pRuntimeEnv))) {
       return 0;
     }
 
-    SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pQueryHandle);
+    tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pQueryHandle, &blockInfo);
 
     // todo extract methods
     if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery) && pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo.prevSKey == TSKEY_INITIAL_VAL) {
@@ -2914,7 +2948,7 @@ void disableFuncInReverseScan(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
 
   // group by normal columns and interval query on normal table
   SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo = &pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo;
-  if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+  if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
     disableFuncInReverseScanImpl(pQInfo, pWindowResInfo, order);
   } else {  // for simple result of table query,
     for (int32_t j = 0; j < pQuery->numOfOutput; ++j) {  // todo refactor
@@ -3089,7 +3123,7 @@ bool needScanDataBlocksAgain(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv) {
   SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
 
   bool toContinue = false;
-  if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+  if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
     // for each group result, call the finalize function for each column
     SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo = &pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo;
 
@@ -3281,7 +3315,7 @@ void scanOneTableDataBlocks(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, TSKEY start) {
 void finalizeQueryResult(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv) {
   SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
 
-  if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+  if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
     // for each group result, call the finalize function for each column
     SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo = &pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo;
     if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol) {
@@ -3327,9 +3361,9 @@ static bool hasMainOutput(SQuery *pQuery) {
 }
 
 static STableQueryInfo *createTableQueryInfo(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, void* pTable, STimeWindow win, void* buf) {
-  SQuery* pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
+  SQuery *pQuery = pRuntimeEnv->pQuery;
 
-  STableQueryInfo *pTableQueryInfo = buf;//calloc(1, sizeof(STableQueryInfo));
+  STableQueryInfo *pTableQueryInfo = buf;
 
   pTableQueryInfo->win = win;
   pTableQueryInfo->lastKey = win.skey;
@@ -3337,16 +3371,14 @@ static STableQueryInfo *createTableQueryInfo(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, void
   pTableQueryInfo->pTable = pTable;
   pTableQueryInfo->cur.vgroupIndex = -1;
 
-  int32_t initialSize      = 1;
-  int32_t initialThreshold = 1;
-
   // set more initial size of interval/groupby query
   if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery) || pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol) {
-    initialSize = 20;
-    initialThreshold = 100;
+    int32_t initialSize = 20;
+    int32_t initialThreshold = 100;
+    initWindowResInfo(&pTableQueryInfo->windowResInfo, pRuntimeEnv, initialSize, initialThreshold, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT);
+  } else { // in other aggregate query, do not initialize the windowResInfo
   }
 
-  initWindowResInfo(&pTableQueryInfo->windowResInfo, pRuntimeEnv, initialSize, initialThreshold, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT);
   return pTableQueryInfo;
 }
 
@@ -3388,7 +3420,8 @@ void setExecutionContext(SQInfo *pQInfo, int32_t groupIndex, TSKEY nextKey) {
   }
 
   int32_t GROUPRESULTID = 1;
-  SWindowResult *pWindowRes = doSetTimeWindowFromKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, (char *)&groupIndex, sizeof(groupIndex));
+  SWindowResult *pWindowRes = doSetTimeWindowFromKey(pRuntimeEnv, pWindowResInfo, (char *)&groupIndex,
+      sizeof(groupIndex), true);
   if (pWindowRes == NULL) {
     return;
   }
@@ -3570,7 +3603,7 @@ static int32_t getNumOfSubset(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
   SQuery *pQuery = pQInfo->runtimeEnv.pQuery;
 
   int32_t totalSubset = 0;
-  if (pQInfo->runtimeEnv.groupbyNormalCol || (isIntervalQuery(pQuery))) {
+  if (pQInfo->runtimeEnv.groupbyNormalCol || (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery))) {
     totalSubset = numOfClosedTimeWindow(&pQInfo->runtimeEnv.windowResInfo);
   } else {
     totalSubset = GET_NUM_OF_TABLEGROUP(pQInfo);
@@ -3735,7 +3768,7 @@ bool queryHasRemainResults(SQueryRuntimeEnv* pRuntimeEnv) {
   } else {
     // there are results waiting for returned to client.
     if (Q_STATUS_EQUAL(pQuery->status, QUERY_COMPLETED) &&
-        (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) &&
+        (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) &&
         (pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo.size > 0)) {
       return true;
     }
@@ -3918,12 +3951,13 @@ void skipBlocks(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv) {
   STableQueryInfo* pTableQueryInfo = pQuery->current;
   TsdbQueryHandleT pQueryHandle = pRuntimeEnv->pQueryHandle;
 
+  SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = SDATA_BLOCK_INITIALIZER;
   while (tsdbNextDataBlock(pQueryHandle)) {
     if (isQueryKilled(GET_QINFO_ADDR(pRuntimeEnv))) {
       return;
     }
 
-    SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pQueryHandle);
+    tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pQueryHandle, &blockInfo);
 
     if (pQuery->limit.offset > blockInfo.rows) {
       pQuery->limit.offset -= blockInfo.rows;
@@ -3960,8 +3994,9 @@ static bool skipTimeInterval(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, TSKEY* start) {
   SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo = &pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo;
   STableQueryInfo *pTableQueryInfo = pQuery->current;
 
+  SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = SDATA_BLOCK_INITIALIZER;
   while (tsdbNextDataBlock(pRuntimeEnv->pQueryHandle)) {
-    SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pRuntimeEnv->pQueryHandle);
+    tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pRuntimeEnv->pQueryHandle, &blockInfo);
 
     if (QUERY_IS_ASC_QUERY(pQuery)) {
       if (pWindowResInfo->prevSKey == TSKEY_INITIAL_VAL) {
@@ -4067,7 +4102,7 @@ static void setupQueryHandle(void* tsdb, SQInfo* pQInfo, bool isSTableQuery) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (isSTableQuery && (!isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) && (!isFixedOutputQuery(pQuery))) {
+  if (isSTableQuery && (!QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) && (!isFixedOutputQuery(pQuery))) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -4081,7 +4116,7 @@ static void setupQueryHandle(void* tsdb, SQInfo* pQInfo, bool isSTableQuery) {
   if (!isSTableQuery
     && (pQInfo->tableqinfoGroupInfo.numOfTables == 1)
     && (cond.order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC) 
-    && (!isIntervalQuery(pQuery))
+    && (!QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery))
     && (!isGroupbyNormalCol(pQuery->pGroupbyExpr))
     && (!isFixedOutputQuery(pQuery))
   ) {
@@ -4174,7 +4209,7 @@ int32_t doInitQInfo(SQInfo *pQInfo, STSBuf *pTsBuf, void *tsdb, int32_t vgId, bo
       initWindowResInfo(&pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo, pRuntimeEnv, 512, 4096, type);
     }
 
-  } else if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+  } else if (pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol || QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
     int32_t rows = getInitialPageNum(pQInfo);
     code = createDiskbasedResultBuffer(&pRuntimeEnv->pResultBuf, rows, pQuery->rowSize, pQInfo);
     if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
@@ -4225,13 +4260,15 @@ static int64_t scanMultiTableDataBlocks(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
   int64_t st = taosGetTimestampMs();
 
   TsdbQueryHandleT pQueryHandle = IS_MASTER_SCAN(pRuntimeEnv)? pRuntimeEnv->pQueryHandle : pRuntimeEnv->pSecQueryHandle;
+  SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = SDATA_BLOCK_INITIALIZER;
+
   while (tsdbNextDataBlock(pQueryHandle)) {
     summary->totalBlocks += 1;
     if (isQueryKilled(pQInfo)) {
       break;
     }
 
-    SDataBlockInfo  blockInfo = tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pQueryHandle);
+    tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pQueryHandle, &blockInfo);
     STableQueryInfo **pTableQueryInfo = (STableQueryInfo**) taosHashGet(pQInfo->tableqinfoGroupInfo.map, &blockInfo.tid, sizeof(blockInfo.tid));
     if(pTableQueryInfo == NULL) {
       break;
@@ -4244,7 +4281,7 @@ static int64_t scanMultiTableDataBlocks(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
     SArray *pDataBlock = loadDataBlockOnDemand(pRuntimeEnv, pQueryHandle, &blockInfo, &pStatis);
 
     if (!pRuntimeEnv->groupbyNormalCol) {
-      if (!isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+      if (!QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
         int32_t step = QUERY_IS_ASC_QUERY(pQuery)? 1:-1;
         setExecutionContext(pQInfo, (*pTableQueryInfo)->groupIndex, blockInfo.window.ekey + step);
       } else {  // interval query
@@ -4655,7 +4692,7 @@ static void doCloseAllTimeWindowAfterScan(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
 
   int32_t step = GET_FORWARD_DIRECTION_FACTOR(pQuery->order.order);
 
-  if (isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+  if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
     size_t numOfGroup = GET_NUM_OF_TABLEGROUP(pQInfo);
     for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfGroup; ++i) {
       SArray *group = GET_TABLEGROUP(pQInfo, i);
@@ -4681,7 +4718,7 @@ static void multiTableQueryProcess(SQInfo *pQInfo) {
      * if the groupIndex > 0, the query process must be completed yet, we only need to
      * copy the data into output buffer
      */
-    if (isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+    if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
       copyResToQueryResultBuf(pQInfo, pQuery);
 #ifdef _DEBUG_VIEW
       displayInterResult(pQuery->sdata, pRuntimeEnv, pQuery->sdata[0]->num);
@@ -4890,7 +4927,7 @@ static void tableIntervalProcess(SQInfo *pQInfo, STableQueryInfo* pTableInfo) {
   while (1) {
     tableIntervalProcessImpl(pRuntimeEnv, newStartKey);
 
-    if (isIntervalQuery(pQuery)) {
+    if (QUERY_IS_INTERVAL_QUERY(pQuery)) {
       pQInfo->groupIndex = 0;  // always start from 0
       pQuery->rec.rows = 0;
       copyFromWindowResToSData(pQInfo, pRuntimeEnv->windowResInfo.pResult);
diff --git a/src/query/src/qUtil.c b/src/query/src/qUtil.c
index 3b2b2bfff0..03574388b7 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qUtil.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qUtil.c
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ void removeRedundantWindow(SWindowResInfo *pWindowResInfo, TSKEY lastKey, int32_
   }
 
   // get the result order
-  int32_t resultOrder = (pWindowResInfo->pResult[0].window.skey < pWindowResInfo->pResult[1].window.skey)?
-                         TSDB_ORDER_ASC:TSDB_ORDER_DESC;
+  int32_t resultOrder = (pWindowResInfo->pResult[0].window.skey < pWindowResInfo->pResult[1].window.skey)? 1:-1;
 
   if (order != resultOrder) {
     return;
diff --git a/src/query/src/qast.c b/src/query/src/qast.c
index 721cd8ae5a..ffd339f111 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qast.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qast.c
@@ -13,25 +13,26 @@
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+
 #include "os.h"
-#include "tulog.h"
-#include "tutil.h"
-#include "tbuffer.h"
+
+#include "tname.h"
 #include "qast.h"
-#include "tcompare.h"
+#include "tsdb.h"
+#include "exception.h"
 #include "qsqlparser.h"
 #include "qsyntaxtreefunction.h"
 #include "taosdef.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
+#include "tarray.h"
+#include "tbuffer.h"
+#include "tcompare.h"
+#include "tskiplist.h"
 #include "tsqlfunction.h"
 #include "tstoken.h"
 #include "ttokendef.h"
-#include "tschemautil.h"
-#include "tarray.h"
-#include "tskiplist.h"
-#include "queryLog.h"
-#include "tsdbMain.h"
-#include "exception.h"
+#include "tulog.h"
+#include "tutil.h"
 
 /*
  *
@@ -327,104 +328,6 @@ static tExprNode *createSyntaxTree(SSchema *pSchema, int32_t numOfCols, char *st
   }
 }
 
-void tSQLBinaryExprFromString(tExprNode **pExpr, SSchema *pSchema, int32_t numOfCols, char *src, int32_t len) {
-  *pExpr = NULL;
-  
-  if (len <= 0 || src == NULL || pSchema == NULL || numOfCols <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  int32_t pos = 0;
-  
-  *pExpr = createSyntaxTree(pSchema, numOfCols, src, &pos);
-  if (*pExpr != NULL) {
-    assert((*pExpr)->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_EXPR);
-  }
-}
-
-int32_t tSQLBinaryExprToStringImpl(tExprNode *pNode, char *dst, uint8_t type) {
-  int32_t len = 0;
-  if (type == TSQL_NODE_EXPR) {
-    *dst = '(';
-    tSQLBinaryExprToString(pNode, dst + 1, &len);
-    len += 2;
-    *(dst + len - 1) = ')';
-  } else if (type == TSQL_NODE_COL) {
-    len = sprintf(dst, "%s", pNode->pSchema->name);
-  } else {
-    len = tVariantToString(pNode->pVal, dst);
-  }
-  return len;
-}
-
-// TODO REFACTOR WITH SQL PARSER
-static char *tSQLOptrToString(uint8_t optr, char *dst) {
-  switch (optr) {
-    case TSDB_RELATION_LESS: {
-      *dst = '<';
-      dst += 1;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_LESS_EQUAL: {
-      *dst = '<';
-      *(dst + 1) = '=';
-      dst += 2;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_EQUAL: {
-      *dst = '=';
-      dst += 1;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_GREATER: {
-      *dst = '>';
-      dst += 1;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_GREATER_EQUAL: {
-      *dst = '>';
-      *(dst + 1) = '=';
-      dst += 2;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_NOT_EQUAL: {
-      *dst = '<';
-      *(dst + 1) = '>';
-      dst += 2;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_OR: {
-      memcpy(dst, "or", 2);
-      dst += 2;
-      break;
-    }
-    case TSDB_RELATION_AND: {
-      memcpy(dst, "and", 3);
-      dst += 3;
-      break;
-    }
-    default:;
-  }
-  return dst;
-}
-
-void tSQLBinaryExprToString(tExprNode *pExpr, char *dst, int32_t *len) {
-  if (pExpr == NULL) {
-    *dst = 0;
-    *len = 0;
-    return;
-  }
-
-  int32_t lhs = tSQLBinaryExprToStringImpl(pExpr->_node.pLeft, dst, pExpr->_node.pLeft->nodeType);
-  dst += lhs;
-  *len = lhs;
-
-  char *start = tSQLOptrToString(pExpr->_node.optr, dst);
-  *len += (start - dst);
-
-  *len += tSQLBinaryExprToStringImpl(pExpr->_node.pRight, start, pExpr->_node.pRight->nodeType);
-}
-
 static void UNUSED_FUNC destroySyntaxTree(tExprNode *pNode) { tExprNodeDestroy(pNode, NULL); }
 
 void tExprNodeDestroy(tExprNode *pNode, void (*fp)(void *)) {
@@ -773,8 +676,7 @@ static void tQueryIndexlessColumn(SSkipList* pSkipList, tQueryInfo* pQueryInfo,
     SSkipListNode *pNode = tSkipListIterGet(iter);
     char *         pData = SL_GET_NODE_DATA(pNode);
 
-    // todo refactor:
-    tstr *name = (*(STable **)pData)->name;
+    tstr *name = (tstr*) tsdbGetTableName(*(void**) pData);
     // todo speed up by using hash
     if (pQueryInfo->colIndex == TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) {
       if (pQueryInfo->optr == TSDB_RELATION_IN) {
@@ -976,27 +878,27 @@ void tExprTreeCalcTraverse(tExprNode *pExprs, int32_t numOfRows, char *pOutput,
   free(pRightOutput);
 }
 
-void tSQLBinaryExprTrv(tExprNode *pExprs, SArray* res) {
-  if (pExprs == NULL) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  tExprNode *pLeft = pExprs->_node.pLeft;
-  tExprNode *pRight = pExprs->_node.pRight;
-
-  // recursive traverse left child branch
-  if (pLeft->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_EXPR) {
-    tSQLBinaryExprTrv(pLeft, res);
-  } else if (pLeft->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_COL) {
-    taosArrayPush(res, &pLeft->pSchema->colId);
-  }
-
-  if (pRight->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_EXPR) {
-    tSQLBinaryExprTrv(pRight, res);
-  } else if (pRight->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_COL) {
-    taosArrayPush(res, &pRight->pSchema->colId);
-  }
-}
+//void tSQLBinaryExprTrv(tExprNode *pExprs, SArray* res) {
+//  if (pExprs == NULL) {
+//    return;
+//  }
+//
+//  tExprNode *pLeft = pExprs->_node.pLeft;
+//  tExprNode *pRight = pExprs->_node.pRight;
+//
+//  // recursive traverse left child branch
+//  if (pLeft->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_EXPR) {
+//    tSQLBinaryExprTrv(pLeft, res);
+//  } else if (pLeft->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_COL) {
+//    taosArrayPush(res, &pLeft->pSchema->colId);
+//  }
+//
+//  if (pRight->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_EXPR) {
+//    tSQLBinaryExprTrv(pRight, res);
+//  } else if (pRight->nodeType == TSQL_NODE_COL) {
+//    taosArrayPush(res, &pRight->pSchema->colId);
+//  }
+//}
 
 static void exprTreeToBinaryImpl(SBufferWriter* bw, tExprNode* expr) {
   tbufWriteUint8(bw, expr->nodeType);
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
index 9ebd63ba7e..84c1c8e7d1 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ char *tsdbGetTableName(void* pTable) {
   }
 }
 
-STableId tsdbGetTableId(void *pTable) {
-  assert(pTable);
-  return ((STable*)pTable)->tableId;
-}
-
 STableCfg *tsdbCreateTableCfgFromMsg(SMDCreateTableMsg *pMsg) {
   if (pMsg == NULL) return NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
index 9ca78533ba..a4e0151f89 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "exception.h"
 
 #include "../../../query/inc/qast.h"  // todo move to common module
-#include "../../../query/inc/tlosertree.h"  // todo move to util module
+#include "tlosertree.h"
 #include "tsdb.h"
 #include "tsdbMain.h"
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void changeQueryHandleForInterpQuery(TsdbQueryHandleT pHandle);
 static void doMergeTwoLevelData(STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle, STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, SCompBlock* pBlock,
                                    SArray* sa);
 static int32_t binarySearchForKey(char* pValue, int num, TSKEY key, int order);
-static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, TSKEY maxKey, int maxRowsToRead, TSKEY* skey, TSKEY* ekey,
+static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, TSKEY maxKey, int maxRowsToRead, STimeWindow* win,
                                  STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle);
 
 static void tsdbInitDataBlockLoadInfo(SDataBlockLoadInfo* pBlockLoadInfo) {
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ static bool initTableMemIterator(STsdbQueryHandle* pHandle, STableCheckInfo* pCh
   pCheckInfo->initBuf = true;
   int32_t order = pHandle->order;
 
-//  tsdbTakeMemSnapshot(pHandle->pTsdb, &pCheckInfo->mem, &pCheckInfo->imem);
-
   // no data in buffer, abort
   if (pHandle->mem == NULL && pHandle->imem == NULL) {
     return false;
@@ -392,8 +390,11 @@ static bool hasMoreDataInCache(STsdbQueryHandle* pHandle) {
 
   STable* pTable = pCheckInfo->pTableObj;
   assert(pTable != NULL);
-  
-  initTableMemIterator(pHandle, pCheckInfo);
+
+  if (!pCheckInfo->initBuf) {
+    initTableMemIterator(pHandle, pCheckInfo);
+  }
+
   SDataRow row = getSDataRowInTableMem(pCheckInfo);
   if (row == NULL) {
     return false;
@@ -411,8 +412,7 @@ static bool hasMoreDataInCache(STsdbQueryHandle* pHandle) {
   
   int32_t step = ASCENDING_TRAVERSE(pHandle->order)? 1:-1;
   STimeWindow* win = &pHandle->cur.win;
-  pHandle->cur.rows = tsdbReadRowsFromCache(pCheckInfo, pHandle->window.ekey,
-                                    pHandle->outputCapacity, &win->skey, &win->ekey, pHandle);  // todo refactor API
+  pHandle->cur.rows = tsdbReadRowsFromCache(pCheckInfo, pHandle->window.ekey, pHandle->outputCapacity, win, pHandle);
   
   // update the last key value
   pCheckInfo->lastKey = win->ekey + step;
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ static SArray* getDefaultLoadColumns(STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle, bool loadTS
 
 static bool doLoadFileDataBlock(STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle, SCompBlock* pBlock, STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo) {
   STsdbRepo *pRepo = pQueryHandle->pTsdb;
+
+  // TODO refactor
   SCompData* data = calloc(1, sizeof(SCompData) + sizeof(SCompCol) * pBlock->numOfCols);
 
   data->numOfCols = pBlock->numOfCols;
@@ -608,8 +610,9 @@ static bool doLoadFileDataBlock(STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle, SCompBlock* pBlo
   }
 
   SDataCols* pCols = pQueryHandle->rhelper.pDataCols[0];
-  assert(pCols->numOfRows != 0);
+  assert(pCols->numOfRows != 0 && pCols->numOfRows <= pBlock->numOfRows);
 
+  pBlock->numOfRows = pCols->numOfRows;
   taosArrayDestroy(sa);
   tfree(data);
 
@@ -639,7 +642,7 @@ static void handleDataMergeIfNeeded(STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle, SCompBlock*
       int32_t step = ASCENDING_TRAVERSE(pQueryHandle->order) ? 1 : -1;
 
       cur->rows = tsdbReadRowsFromCache(pCheckInfo, binfo.window.skey - step,
-                                        pQueryHandle->outputCapacity, &cur->win.skey, &cur->win.ekey, pQueryHandle);
+                                        pQueryHandle->outputCapacity, &cur->win, pQueryHandle);
       pQueryHandle->realNumOfRows = cur->rows;
 
       // update the last key value
@@ -1240,7 +1243,6 @@ static int32_t dataBlockOrderCompar(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight, void*
   //    assert(pLeftBlockInfoEx->compBlock->offset != pRightBlockInfoEx->compBlock->offset);
   if (pLeftBlockInfoEx->compBlock->offset == pRightBlockInfoEx->compBlock->offset &&
       pLeftBlockInfoEx->compBlock->last == pRightBlockInfoEx->compBlock->last) {
-    // todo add more information
     tsdbError("error in header file, two block with same offset:%" PRId64, (int64_t)pLeftBlockInfoEx->compBlock->offset);
   }
 
@@ -1480,7 +1482,8 @@ bool tsdbNextDataBlock(TsdbQueryHandleT* pHandle) {
   
   size_t numOfTables = taosArrayGetSize(pQueryHandle->pTableCheckInfo);
   assert(numOfTables > 0);
-  
+
+  SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = {{0}, 0};
   if (pQueryHandle->type == TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_EXTERNAL) {
     pQueryHandle->type = TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_ALL;
     pQueryHandle->order = TSDB_ORDER_DESC;
@@ -1490,7 +1493,7 @@ bool tsdbNextDataBlock(TsdbQueryHandleT* pHandle) {
     }
     
     SArray* sa = getDefaultLoadColumns(pQueryHandle, true);
-    /*SDataBlockInfo* pBlockInfo =*/ tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pHandle);
+    /*SDataBlockInfo* pBlockInfo =*/ tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(pHandle, &blockInfo);
     /*SArray *pDataBlock = */tsdbRetrieveDataBlock(pHandle, sa);
   
     if (pQueryHandle->cur.win.ekey == pQueryHandle->window.skey) {
@@ -1561,7 +1564,7 @@ bool tsdbNextDataBlock(TsdbQueryHandleT* pHandle) {
       bool ret = tsdbNextDataBlock((void*) pSecQueryHandle);
       assert(ret);
 
-      /*SDataBlockInfo* pBlockInfo =*/ tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo((void*) pSecQueryHandle);
+      /*SDataBlockInfo* pBlockInfo =*/ tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo((void*) pSecQueryHandle, &blockInfo);
       /*SArray *pDataBlock = */tsdbRetrieveDataBlock((void*) pSecQueryHandle, sa);
   
       for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
@@ -1696,11 +1699,11 @@ static void changeQueryHandleForInterpQuery(TsdbQueryHandleT pHandle) {
   pQueryHandle->window = (STimeWindow) {info.lastKey, TSKEY_INITIAL_VAL};
 }
 
-static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, TSKEY maxKey, int maxRowsToRead, TSKEY* skey, TSKEY* ekey,
+static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, TSKEY maxKey, int maxRowsToRead, STimeWindow* win,
                                  STsdbQueryHandle* pQueryHandle) {
   int     numOfRows = 0;
   int32_t numOfCols = taosArrayGetSize(pQueryHandle->pColumns);
-  *skey = TSKEY_INITIAL_VAL;
+  win->skey = TSKEY_INITIAL_VAL;
 
   int64_t st = taosGetTimestampUs();
   STsdbMeta* pMeta = tsdbGetMeta(pQueryHandle->pTsdb);
@@ -1720,11 +1723,11 @@ static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, TSKEY maxKey, int
       break;
     }
 
-    if (*skey == INT64_MIN) {
-      *skey = key;
+    if (win->skey == INT64_MIN) {
+      win->skey = key;
     }
 
-    *ekey = key;
+    win->ekey = key;
     copyOneRowFromMem(pQueryHandle, maxRowsToRead, numOfRows, row, pMeta, numOfCols, pTable);
 
     if (++numOfRows >= maxRowsToRead) {
@@ -1753,7 +1756,7 @@ static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, TSKEY maxKey, int
   return numOfRows;
 }
 
-SDataBlockInfo tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(TsdbQueryHandleT* pQueryHandle) {
+void tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(TsdbQueryHandleT* pQueryHandle, SDataBlockInfo* pDataBlockInfo) {
   STsdbQueryHandle* pHandle = (STsdbQueryHandle*)pQueryHandle;
   SQueryFilePos* cur = &pHandle->cur;
   STable* pTable = NULL;
@@ -1766,16 +1769,12 @@ SDataBlockInfo tsdbRetrieveDataBlockInfo(TsdbQueryHandleT* pQueryHandle) {
     STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo = taosArrayGet(pHandle->pTableCheckInfo, pHandle->activeIndex);
     pTable = pCheckInfo->pTableObj;
   }
-  
-  SDataBlockInfo blockInfo = {
-      .uid = pTable->tableId.uid,
-      .tid = pTable->tableId.tid,
-      .rows = cur->rows,
-      .window = cur->win,
-      .numOfCols = QH_GET_NUM_OF_COLS(pHandle),
-  };
 
-  return blockInfo;
+  pDataBlockInfo->uid = pTable->tableId.uid;
+  pDataBlockInfo->tid = pTable->tableId.tid;
+  pDataBlockInfo->rows = cur->rows;
+  pDataBlockInfo->window = cur->win;
+  pDataBlockInfo->numOfCols = QH_GET_NUM_OF_COLS(pHandle);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1977,9 +1976,9 @@ int32_t tableGroupComparFn(const void *p1, const void *p2, const void *param) {
     int32_t type = 0;
     int32_t bytes = 0;
     
-    if (colIndex == TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) {  // todo refactor extract method , to queryExecutor to generate tags values
-      f1 = (char*) pTable1->name;
-      f2 = (char*) pTable2->name;
+    if (colIndex == TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) {
+      f1 = (char*) TABLE_NAME(pTable1);
+      f2 = (char*) TABLE_NAME(pTable2);
       type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY;
       bytes = tGetTableNameColumnSchema().bytes;
     } else {
@@ -2088,13 +2087,17 @@ bool indexedNodeFilterFp(const void* pNode, void* param) {
   char*  val = NULL;
 
   if (pInfo->colIndex == TSDB_TBNAME_COLUMN_INDEX) {
-    val = (char*) pTable->name;
+    val = (char*) TABLE_NAME(pTable);
   } else {
     val = tdGetKVRowValOfCol(pTable->tagVal, pInfo->sch.colId);
   }
   
-  //todo :the val is possible to be null, so check it out carefully
-  int32_t ret = pInfo->compare(val, pInfo->q);
+  int32_t ret = 0;
+  if (val == NULL) { //the val is possible to be null, so check it out carefully
+    ret = -1; // val is missing in table tags value pairs
+  } else {
+    ret = pInfo->compare(val, pInfo->q);
+  }
 
   switch (pInfo->optr) {
     case TSDB_RELATION_EQUAL: {
diff --git a/src/query/inc/tlosertree.h b/src/util/inc/tlosertree.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/query/inc/tlosertree.h
rename to src/util/inc/tlosertree.h
diff --git a/src/query/src/tlosertree.c b/src/util/src/tlosertree.c
similarity index 97%
rename from src/query/src/tlosertree.c
rename to src/util/src/tlosertree.c
index 5d471bb927..fa7e4fc340 100644
--- a/src/query/src/tlosertree.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tlosertree.c
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include "tlosertree.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
-#include "tlosertree.h"
-#include "queryLog.h"
+#include "tulog.h"
 
 // set initial value for loser tree
 void tLoserTreeInit(SLoserTreeInfo* pTree) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ uint32_t tLoserTreeCreate(SLoserTreeInfo** pTree, int32_t numOfEntries, void* pa
 
   *pTree = (SLoserTreeInfo*)calloc(1, sizeof(SLoserTreeInfo) + sizeof(SLoserTreeNode) * totalEntries);
   if ((*pTree) == NULL) {
-    qError("allocate memory for loser-tree failed. reason:%s", strerror(errno));
+    uError("allocate memory for loser-tree failed. reason:%s", strerror(errno));
     return TSDB_CODE_QRY_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
index cbce3f6cf2..c8a6a4ce4e 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
   }
 
   int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
-  qinfo_t pQInfo = NULL;
   void**  handle = NULL;
 
   if (contLen != 0) {
+    qinfo_t pQInfo = NULL;
     code = qCreateQueryInfo(pVnode->tsdb, pVnode->vgId, pQueryTableMsg, pVnode, NULL, &pQInfo);
 
     SQueryTableRsp *pRsp = (SQueryTableRsp *) rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SQueryTableRsp));
@@ -116,19 +116,19 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
 
         qKillQuery(pQInfo);
         qKillQuery(pQInfo);
-        pQInfo = NULL;
       } else {
         assert(*handle == pQInfo);
         pRsp->qhandle = htobe64((uint64_t) (handle));
       }
 
+      pQInfo = NULL;
       if (handle != NULL && vnodeNotifyCurrentQhandle(pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle, handle, pVnode->vgId) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-        vError("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, query discarded since link is broken, %p", pVnode->vgId, pQInfo, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
+        vError("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, query discarded since link is broken, %p", pVnode->vgId, *handle, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
         pRsp->code = TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL;
 
         // NOTE: there two refcount, needs to kill twice
         // query has not been put into qhandle pool, kill it directly.
-        qKillQuery(pQInfo);
+        qKillQuery(*handle);
         qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, true);
         return pRsp->code;
       }
@@ -139,16 +139,18 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
     vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, dnode query msg disposed", vgId, pQInfo);
   } else {
     assert(pCont != NULL);
-    pQInfo = *(void**)(pCont);
-    handle = pCont;
-    code = TSDB_CODE_VND_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS;
-
-    vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, dnode query msg in progress", pVnode->vgId, pQInfo);
+    handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) pCont);
+    if (handle == NULL) {
+      vWarn("QInfo:%p invalid qhandle in continuing exec query, conn:%p", *(void**) pCont, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
+      code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_QHANDLE;
+    } else {
+      vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, dnode query msg in progress", pVnode->vgId, *(void**) pCont);
+      code = TSDB_CODE_VND_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS;
+    }
   }
 
-  if (pQInfo != NULL) {
-    qTableQuery(pQInfo); // do execute query
-    assert(handle != NULL);
+  if (handle != NULL) {
+    qTableQuery(*handle); // do execute query
     qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, false);
   }
 
@@ -160,57 +162,64 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessFetchMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
   SRspRet *pRet = &pReadMsg->rspRet;
 
   SRetrieveTableMsg *pRetrieve = pCont;
-  void **pQInfo = (void*) htobe64(pRetrieve->qhandle);
+  pRetrieve->qhandle = htobe64(pRetrieve->qhandle);
   pRetrieve->free = htons(pRetrieve->free);
 
-  vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, retrieve msg is disposed", pVnode->vgId, *pQInfo);
+  vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, retrieve msg is disposed", pVnode->vgId, *(void**) pRetrieve->qhandle);
 
   memset(pRet, 0, sizeof(SRspRet));
-  int32_t ret = 0;
 
-  void** handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, pQInfo);
-  if (handle == NULL || handle != pQInfo) {
-    ret = TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_QHANDLE;
+  int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  void** handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) pRetrieve->qhandle);
+  if (handle == NULL || handle != (void**) pRetrieve->qhandle) {
+    code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_QHANDLE;
+    vDebug("vgId:%d, invalid qhandle in fetch result, QInfo:%p", pVnode->vgId, *(void**) pRetrieve->qhandle);
+
+    pRet->rsp = (SRetrieveTableRsp *)rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
+    pRet->len = sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp);
+
+    memset(pRet->rsp, 0, sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
+    SRetrieveTableRsp* pRsp = pRet->rsp;
+    pRsp->numOfRows = 0;
+    pRsp->completed = true;
+    pRsp->useconds  = 0;
+
+    return code;
   }
 
   if (pRetrieve->free == 1) {
-    if (ret == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-      vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, retrieve msg received to kill query and free qhandle", pVnode->vgId, pQInfo);
-      qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, true);
+    vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, retrieve msg received to kill query and free qhandle", pVnode->vgId, *handle);
+    qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, true);
 
-      pRet->rsp = (SRetrieveTableRsp *)rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
-      pRet->len = sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp);
+    pRet->rsp = (SRetrieveTableRsp *)rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
+    pRet->len = sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp);
 
-      memset(pRet->rsp, 0, sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
-      SRetrieveTableRsp* pRsp = pRet->rsp;
-      pRsp->numOfRows = 0;
-      pRsp->completed = true;
-      pRsp->useconds  = 0;
-    } else { // todo handle error
-      qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, true);
-    }
-    return ret;
+    memset(pRet->rsp, 0, sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
+    SRetrieveTableRsp* pRsp = pRet->rsp;
+    pRsp->numOfRows = 0;
+    pRsp->completed = true;
+    pRsp->useconds  = 0;
+
+    return code;
   }
 
-  int32_t code = qRetrieveQueryResultInfo(*pQInfo);
-  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS || ret != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-    //TODO
+  bool freeHandle = true;
+  code = qRetrieveQueryResultInfo(*handle);
+  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    //TODO handle malloc failure
     pRet->rsp = (SRetrieveTableRsp *)rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
     memset(pRet->rsp, 0, sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
-
-  } else {
-    // todo check code and handle error in build result set
-    code = qDumpRetrieveResult(*pQInfo, (SRetrieveTableRsp **)&pRet->rsp, &pRet->len);
-
-    if (qHasMoreResultsToRetrieve(*handle)) {
-      dnodePutItemIntoReadQueue(pVnode, handle);
-      pRet->qhandle = handle;
-      code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
-    } else { // no further execution invoked, release the ref to vnode
-      qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, true);
+  } else { // if failed to dump result, free qhandle immediately
+    if ((code = qDumpRetrieveResult(*handle, (SRetrieveTableRsp **)&pRet->rsp, &pRet->len)) == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      if (qHasMoreResultsToRetrieve(*handle)) {
+        dnodePutItemIntoReadQueue(pVnode, handle);
+        pRet->qhandle = handle;
+        freeHandle = false;
+      }
     }
   }
 
+  qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, freeHandle);
   return code;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/join.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/join.sim
index 1bce6f1950..8d686366b7 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/join.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/join.sim
@@ -447,4 +447,15 @@ sql insert into um2 using m2 tags(9) values(1000001, 10)(2000000, 20);
 
 sql_error select count(*) from m1,m2 where m1.a=m2.a and m1.ts=m2.ts;
 
+#empty table join test, add for no result join test
+sql create database ux1;
+sql use ux1;
+sql create table m1(ts timestamp, k int) tags(a binary(12), b int);
+sql create table tm0 using m1 tags('abc', 1);
+sql create table m2(ts timestamp, k int) tags(a int, b binary(12));
+sql create table tm2 using m2 tags(2, 'abc');
+sql select count(*) from tm0, tm2 where tm0.ts=tm2.ts;
+sql select count(*) from m1, m2 where m1.ts=m2.ts and m1.b=m2.a
+sql drop database ux1;
+
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT
\ No newline at end of file