diff --git a/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h b/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h
index cf0e8ce31a..b5ea9932b9 100644
--- a/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h
+++ b/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ typedef int (*__col_compar_fn_t)(tOrderDescriptor *, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t
 
 void tColDataQSort(tOrderDescriptor *, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t start, int32_t end, char *data, int32_t orderType);
 
+void taoscQSort(void** pCols, SSchema* pSchema, int32_t numOfCols, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t index, __compar_fn_t compareFn);
+
 int32_t compare_sa(tOrderDescriptor *, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t idx1, int32_t idx2, char *data);
 
 int32_t compare_sd(tOrderDescriptor *, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t idx1, int32_t idx2, char *data);
diff --git a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
index fb9f5d93d4..f836d83730 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
@@ -5214,7 +5214,76 @@ SOperatorInfo *createMultiwaySortOperatorInfo(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SEx
   return pOperator;
 }
 
-SOperatorInfo *createOrderOperatorInfo(SQueryRuntimeEnv *pRuntimeEnv, SExprInfo* pExpr, int32_t numOfOutput, int32_t numOfRows) {
+static int32_t doMergeSDatablock(SSDataBlock* pDest, SSDataBlock* pSrc) {
+  assert(pSrc != NULL && pDest != NULL && pDest->info.numOfCols == pSrc->info.numOfCols);
+
+  int32_t numOfCols = pSrc->info.numOfCols;
+  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
+    SColumnInfoData* pCol2 = taosArrayGet(pDest->pDataBlock->pData, i);
+    SColumnInfoData* pCol1 = taosArrayGet(pSrc->pDataBlock->pData, i);
+
+    int32_t newSize = (pDest->info.rows + pSrc->info.rows) * pCol2->info.bytes;
+    char* tmp = realloc(pCol2->pData, newSize);
+    if (tmp != NULL) {
+      pCol2->pData = tmp;
+      int32_t offset = pCol2->info.bytes * pDest->info.rows;
+      memcpy(pCol2->pData + offset, pCol1->pData, pSrc->info.rows * pCol2->info.bytes);
+    } else {
+      return TSDB_CODE_VND_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static SSDataBlock* doSort(void* param, bool* newgroup) {
+  SOperatorInfo* pOperator = (SOperatorInfo*) param;
+  if (pOperator->status == OP_EXEC_DONE) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  SOrderOperatorInfo* pInfo = pOperator->info;
+
+  SSDataBlock* pBlock = NULL;
+  while(1) {
+    publishOperatorProfEvent(pOperator->upstream[0], QUERY_PROF_BEFORE_OPERATOR_EXEC);
+    pBlock = pOperator->upstream[0]->exec(pOperator->upstream[0], newgroup);
+    publishOperatorProfEvent(pOperator->upstream[0], QUERY_PROF_AFTER_OPERATOR_EXEC);
+
+    // start to flush data into disk and try do multiway merge sort
+    if (pBlock == NULL) {
+      setQueryStatus(pOperator->pRuntimeEnv, QUERY_COMPLETED);
+      pOperator->status = OP_EXEC_DONE;
+      break;
+    }
+
+    int32_t code = doMergeSDatablock(pInfo->pDataBlock, pBlock);
+    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      // todo handle error
+    }
+  }
+
+  int32_t numOfCols = pInfo->pDataBlock->info.numOfCols;
+  void** pCols     = calloc(numOfCols, POINTER_BYTES);
+  SSchema* pSchema = calloc(numOfCols, sizeof(SSchema));
+
+  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
+    SColumnInfoData* p1 = taosArrayGet(pInfo->pDataBlock->pDataBlock, i);
+    pCols[i] = p1->pData;
+    pSchema[i].colId = p1->info.colId;
+    pSchema[i].bytes = p1->info.bytes;
+    pSchema[i].type  = p1->info.type;
+  }
+
+  __compar_fn_t  comp = getKeyComparFunc(pSchema[pInfo->colIndex].type, pInfo->order);
+  taoscQSort(pCols, pSchema, numOfCols, pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows, pInfo->colIndex, comp);
+
+  tfree(pCols);
+  tfree(pSchema);
+  return (pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows > 0)? pInfo->pDataBlock:NULL;
+}
+
+SOperatorInfo *createOrderOperatorInfo(SExprInfo* pExpr, int32_t numOfOutput) {
   SOrderOperatorInfo* pInfo = calloc(1, sizeof(SOrderOperatorInfo));
 
   {
@@ -6011,106 +6080,6 @@ static SSDataBlock* doFill(void* param, bool* newgroup) {
   }
 }
 
-static int32_t doMergeSDatablock(SSDataBlock* pDest, SSDataBlock* pSrc) {
-  assert(pSrc != NULL && pDest != NULL && pDest->info.numOfCols == pSrc->info.numOfCols);
-
-  int32_t numOfCols = pSrc->info.numOfCols;
-  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
-    SColumnInfoData* pCol2 = taosArrayGet(pDest->pDataBlock->pData, i);
-    SColumnInfoData* pCol1 = taosArrayGet(pSrc->pDataBlock->pData, i);
-
-    int32_t newSize = (pDest->info.rows + pSrc->info.rows) * pCol2->info.bytes;
-    char* tmp = realloc(pCol2->pData, newSize);
-    if (tmp != NULL) {
-      pCol2->pData = tmp;
-      int32_t offset = pCol2->info.bytes * pDest->info.rows;
-      memcpy(pCol2->pData + offset, pCol1->pData, pSrc->info.rows * pCol2->info.bytes);
-    } else {
-      return TSDB_CODE_VND_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static SSDataBlock* doSort(void* param, bool* newgroup) {
-  SOperatorInfo* pOperator = (SOperatorInfo*) param;
-  if (pOperator->status == OP_EXEC_DONE) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  SOrderOperatorInfo* pInfo = pOperator->info;
-//  SSDataBlock* pRes = pInfo->pRes;
-
-//  pRes->info.rows = 0;
-  SSDataBlock* pBlock = NULL;
-  while(1) {
-    publishOperatorProfEvent(pOperator->upstream[0], QUERY_PROF_BEFORE_OPERATOR_EXEC);
-    pBlock = pOperator->upstream[0]->exec(pOperator->upstream[0], newgroup);
-    publishOperatorProfEvent(pOperator->upstream[0], QUERY_PROF_AFTER_OPERATOR_EXEC);
-
-    // start to flush data into disk and try do multiway merge sort
-    if (pBlock == NULL) {
-//      setQueryStatus(pOperator->pRuntimeEnv, QUERY_COMPLETED);
-//      pOperator->status = OP_EXEC_DONE;
-      break;
-    }
-
-    int32_t code = doMergeSDatablock(pInfo->pDataBlock, pBlock);
-    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-//      return code;
-    }
-
-    /*SColumnInfoData* pColInfoData = taosArrayGet(pBlock->pDataBlock, pInfo->colIndex);
-
-    int16_t bytes = pColInfoData->info.bytes;
-    int16_t type = pColInfoData->info.type;
-
-    // ensure the output buffer size
-    SColumnInfoData* pResultColInfoData = taosArrayGet(pRes->pDataBlock, 0);
-    if (pRes->info.rows + pBlock->info.rows > pInfo->outputCapacity) {
-      int32_t newSize = pRes->info.rows + pBlock->info.rows;
-      char* tmp = realloc(pResultColInfoData->pData, newSize * bytes);
-      if (tmp == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-      } else {
-        pResultColInfoData->pData = tmp;
-        pInfo->outputCapacity = newSize;
-      }
-    }
-
-    for(int32_t i = 0; i < pBlock->info.rows; ++i) {
-      char* val = ((char*)pColInfoData->pData) + bytes * i;
-      if (isNull(val, type)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      size_t keyLen = 0;
-      if (IS_VAR_DATA_TYPE(pOperator->pExpr->base.colType)) {
-        tstr* var = (tstr*)(val);
-        keyLen = varDataLen(var);
-      } else {
-        keyLen = bytes;
-      }
-
-      int dummy;
-      void* res = taosHashGet(pInfo->pSet, val, keyLen);
-      if (res == NULL) {
-        taosHashPut(pInfo->pSet, val, keyLen, &dummy, sizeof(dummy));
-        char* start = pResultColInfoData->pData + bytes * pInfo->pRes->info.rows;
-        memcpy(start, val, bytes);
-        pRes->info.rows += 1;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (pRes->info.rows >= pInfo->threshold) {
-      break;
-    }*/
-  }
-
-  return (pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows > 0)? pInfo->pDataBlock:NULL;
-}
-
 // todo set the attribute of query scan count
 static int32_t getNumOfScanTimes(SQueryAttr* pQueryAttr) {
   for(int32_t i = 0; i < pQueryAttr->numOfOutput; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/query/src/qExtbuffer.c b/src/query/src/qExtbuffer.c
index cc47cc824b..c4f5d6efd5 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qExtbuffer.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qExtbuffer.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  * 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/>.
  */
-#include "qExtbuffer.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "qAggMain.h"
 #include "queryLog.h"
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "taosmsg.h"
 #include "tulog.h"
 #include "qExecutor.h"
+#include "qExtbuffer.h"
+#include "tcompare.h"
 
 #define COLMODEL_GET_VAL(data, schema, allrow, rowId, colId) \
   (data + (schema)->pFields[colId].offset * (allrow) + (rowId) * (schema)->pFields[colId].field.bytes)
@@ -767,6 +768,60 @@ void tColDataQSort(tOrderDescriptor *pDescriptor, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t sta
   free(buf);
 }
 
+void taoscQSort(void** pCols, SSchema* pSchema, int32_t numOfCols, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t index, __compar_fn_t compareFn) {
+  assert(numOfRows > 0 && numOfCols > 0 && index >= 0 && index < numOfCols);
+
+  int32_t bytes = pSchema[index].bytes;
+  int32_t size = bytes + sizeof(int32_t);
+
+  char* buf = calloc(1, size * numOfRows);
+
+  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfRows; ++i) {
+    char* dest = buf + size * i;
+    memcpy(dest, pCols[index] + bytes * i, bytes);
+    *(int32_t*)(dest+bytes) = i;
+  }
+
+  qsort(buf, numOfRows, size, compareFn);
+
+  int32_t prevLength = 0;
+  char* p = NULL;
+
+  for(int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
+    int32_t bytes1 = pSchema[i].bytes;
+
+    if (i == index) {
+      for(int32_t j = 0; j < numOfRows; ++j){
+        char* src  = buf + (j * size);
+        char* dest = pCols[i] + (j * bytes1);
+        memcpy(dest, src, bytes1);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // make sure memory buffer is enough
+      if (prevLength < bytes1) {
+        char *tmp = realloc(p, bytes1 * numOfRows);
+        assert(tmp);
+
+        p = tmp;
+        prevLength = bytes1;
+      }
+
+      memcpy(p, pCols[i], bytes1 * numOfRows);
+
+      for(int32_t j = 0; j < numOfRows; ++j){
+        char* dest = pCols[i] + bytes1 * j;
+
+        int32_t newPos = *(int32_t*)(buf + (j * size) + bytes);
+        char* src = p + (newPos * bytes1);
+        memcpy(dest, src, bytes1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  tfree(buf);
+  tfree(p);
+}
+
 /*
  * deep copy of sschema
  */
diff --git a/src/query/src/qPercentile.c b/src/query/src/qPercentile.c
index e3326cc26b..e9022db503 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qPercentile.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qPercentile.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ tMemBucket *tMemBucketCreate(int16_t nElemSize, int16_t dataType, double minval,
   }
 
   pBucket->elemPerPage = (pBucket->bufPageSize - sizeof(tFilePage))/pBucket->bytes;
-  pBucket->comparFn = getKeyComparFunc(pBucket->type);
+  pBucket->comparFn = getKeyComparFunc(pBucket->type, TSDB_ORDER_ASC);
 
   pBucket->hashFunc = getHashFunc(pBucket->type);
   if (pBucket->hashFunc == NULL) {
diff --git a/src/query/tests/cSortTest.cpp b/src/query/tests/cSortTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa5aa89afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/query/tests/cSortTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "taos.h"
+#include "tsdb.h"
+#include "qExtbuffer.h"
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wwrite-strings"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-compare"
+
+namespace {
+  int32_t comp(const void* p1, const void* p2) {
+    int32_t* x1 = (int32_t*) p1;
+    int32_t* x2 = (int32_t*) p2;
+
+    if (*x1 == *x2) {
+      return 0;
+    } else {
+      return (*x1 > *x2)? 1:-1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  int32_t comp1(const void* p1, const void* p2) {
+    int32_t ret = strncmp((char*) p1, (char*) p2, 20);
+
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      return 0;
+    } else {
+      return ret > 0 ? 1:-1;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(testCase, colunmnwise_sort_test) {
+  // void taoscQSort(void** pCols, SSchema* pSchema, int32_t numOfCols, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t index, __compar_fn_t compareFn)
+  void* pCols[2] = {0};
+
+  SSchema s[2] = {{0}};
+  s[0].type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT;
+  s[0].bytes = 4;
+  s[0].colId = 0;
+  strcpy(s[0].name, "col1");
+
+  s[1].type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY;
+  s[1].bytes = 20;
+  s[1].colId = 1;
+  strcpy(s[1].name, "col2");
+
+  int32_t* p = (int32_t*) calloc(5, sizeof(int32_t));
+  p[0] = 12;
+  p[1] = 8;
+  p[2] = 99;
+  p[3] = 7;
+  p[4] = 1;
+
+  char* t1 = (char*) calloc(5, 20);
+  strcpy(t1, "abc");
+  strcpy(t1 + 20, "def");
+  strcpy(t1 + 40, "xyz");
+  strcpy(t1 + 60, "klm");
+  strcpy(t1 + 80, "hij");
+
+  pCols[0] = (char*) p;
+  pCols[1] = (char*) t1;
+  taoscQSort(reinterpret_cast<void**>(pCols), s, 2, 5, 0, comp);
+
+  int32_t* px = (int32_t*) pCols[0];
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[0], 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[1], 7);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[2], 8);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[3], 12);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[4], 99);
+
+  char* px1 = (char*) pCols[1];
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 0, "hij");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 1, "klm");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 2, "def");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 3, "abc");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 4, "xyz");
+
+  taoscQSort(pCols, s, 2, 5, 1, comp1);
+  px = (int32_t*) pCols[0];
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[0], 12);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[1], 8);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[2], 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[3], 7);
+  ASSERT_EQ(px[4], 99);
+
+  px1 = (char*) pCols[1];
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 0, "abc");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 1, "def");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 2, "hij");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 3, "klm");
+  ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(px1 + 20 * 4, "xyz");
+}
+
+TEST(testCase, columnsort_test) {
+  SSchema field[1] = {
+      {TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT, "k", sizeof(int32_t)},
+  };
+
+  const int32_t num = 2000;
+
+  int32_t *d = (int32_t *)malloc(sizeof(int32_t) * num);
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
+    d[i] = i % 4;
+  }
+
+  const int32_t     numOfOrderCols = 1;
+  int32_t           orderColIdx = 0;
+  SColumnModel     *pModel = createColumnModel(field, 1, 1000);
+  tOrderDescriptor *pDesc = tOrderDesCreate(&orderColIdx, numOfOrderCols, pModel, 1);
+
+  tColDataQSort(pDesc, num, 0, num - 1, (char *)d, 1);
+
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
+    printf("%d\t", d[i]);
+  }
+  printf("\n");
+
+  destroyColumnModel(pModel);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/query/tests/unitTest.cpp b/src/query/tests/unitTest.cpp
index e5487a061d..2338adc2c5 100644
--- a/src/query/tests/unitTest.cpp
+++ b/src/query/tests/unitTest.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#include "os.h"
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <cassert>
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "taos.h"
diff --git a/src/util/inc/tcompare.h b/src/util/inc/tcompare.h
index 612ce7ede0..4861779acd 100644
--- a/src/util/inc/tcompare.h
+++ b/src/util/inc/tcompare.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int WCSPatternMatch(const wchar_t *pattern, const wchar_t *str, size_t size, con
 
 int32_t doCompare(const char* a, const char* b, int32_t type, size_t size);
 
-__compar_fn_t getKeyComparFunc(int32_t keyType);
+__compar_fn_t getKeyComparFunc(int32_t keyType, int32_t order);
 
 __compar_fn_t getComparFunc(int32_t type, int32_t optr);
 
diff --git a/src/util/src/tcompare.c b/src/util/src/tcompare.c
index 55ba14f84f..57689b7269 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tcompare.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tcompare.c
@@ -16,21 +16,17 @@
 #include "os.h"
 #include "ttype.h"
 #include "tcompare.h"
-#include "tarray.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 
-int32_t compareInt32Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
-  int32_t left = GET_INT32_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_INT32_VAL(pRight);
+int32_t compareInt8Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
+  int8_t left = GET_INT8_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_INT8_VAL(pRight);
   if (left > right) return 1;
   if (left < right) return -1;
   return 0;
 }
 
-int32_t compareInt64Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
-  int64_t left = GET_INT64_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_INT64_VAL(pRight);
-  if (left > right) return 1;
-  if (left < right) return -1;
-  return 0;
+int32_t compareInt8ValDesc(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
+  return compareInt8Val(pRight, pLeft);
 }
 
 int32_t compareInt16Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
@@ -40,13 +36,32 @@ int32_t compareInt16Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-int32_t compareInt8Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
-  int8_t left = GET_INT8_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_INT8_VAL(pRight);
+int32_t compareInt16ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareInt16Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
+int32_t compareInt32Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
+  int32_t left = GET_INT32_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_INT32_VAL(pRight);
   if (left > right) return 1;
   if (left < right) return -1;
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t compareInt32ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareInt32Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
+int32_t compareInt64Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
+  int64_t left = GET_INT64_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_INT64_VAL(pRight);
+  if (left > right) return 1;
+  if (left < right) return -1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int32_t compareInt64ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareInt64Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareUint32Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   int32_t left = GET_UINT32_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_UINT32_VAL(pRight);
   if (left > right) return 1;
@@ -54,6 +69,10 @@ int32_t compareUint32Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t compareUint32ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareUint32Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareUint64Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   int64_t left = GET_UINT64_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_UINT64_VAL(pRight);
   if (left > right) return 1;
@@ -61,6 +80,10 @@ int32_t compareUint64Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t compareUint64ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareUint64Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareUint16Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   int16_t left = GET_UINT16_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_UINT16_VAL(pRight);
   if (left > right) return 1;
@@ -68,6 +91,10 @@ int32_t compareUint16Val(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t compareUint16ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareUint16Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareUint8Val(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
   uint8_t left = GET_UINT8_VAL(pLeft), right = GET_UINT8_VAL(pRight);
   if (left > right) return 1;
@@ -75,6 +102,10 @@ int32_t compareUint8Val(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t compareUint8ValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareUint8Val(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareFloatVal(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   float p1 = GET_FLOAT_VAL(pLeft);
   float p2 = GET_FLOAT_VAL(pRight);
@@ -96,6 +127,10 @@ int32_t compareFloatVal(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   return FLT_GREATER(p1, p2) ? 1: -1; 
 }
 
+int32_t compareFloatValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareFloatVal(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareDoubleVal(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   double p1 = GET_DOUBLE_VAL(pLeft);
   double p2 = GET_DOUBLE_VAL(pRight);
@@ -117,6 +152,10 @@ int32_t compareDoubleVal(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   return FLT_GREATER(p1, p2) ? 1: -1; 
 }
 
+int32_t compareDoubleValDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareDoubleVal(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareLenPrefixedStr(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   int32_t len1 = varDataLen(pLeft);
   int32_t len2 = varDataLen(pRight);
@@ -133,6 +172,10 @@ int32_t compareLenPrefixedStr(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   }
 }
 
+int32_t compareLenPrefixedStrDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareLenPrefixedStr(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 int32_t compareLenPrefixedWStr(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   int32_t len1 = varDataLen(pLeft);
   int32_t len2 = varDataLen(pRight);
@@ -149,6 +192,10 @@ int32_t compareLenPrefixedWStr(const void *pLeft, const void *pRight) {
   }
 }
 
+int32_t compareLenPrefixedWStrDesc(const void* pLeft, const void* pRight) {
+  return compareLenPrefixedWStr(pRight, pLeft);
+}
+
 /*
  * Compare two strings
  *    TSDB_MATCH:            Match
@@ -349,50 +396,50 @@ __compar_fn_t getComparFunc(int32_t type, int32_t optr) {
   return comparFn;
 }
 
-__compar_fn_t getKeyComparFunc(int32_t keyType) {
+__compar_fn_t getKeyComparFunc(int32_t keyType, int32_t order) {
   __compar_fn_t comparFn = NULL;
   
   switch (keyType) {
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TINYINT:
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BOOL:
-      comparFn = compareInt8Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareInt8Val:compareInt8ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_SMALLINT:
-      comparFn = compareInt16Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareInt16Val:compareInt16ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT:
-      comparFn = compareInt32Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareInt32Val:compareInt32ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT:
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
-      comparFn = compareInt64Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareInt64Val:compareInt64ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_FLOAT:
-      comparFn = compareFloatVal;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareFloatVal:compareFloatValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE:
-      comparFn = compareDoubleVal;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareDoubleVal:compareDoubleValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_UTINYINT:
-      comparFn = compareUint8Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareUint8Val:compareUint8ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_USMALLINT:
-      comparFn = compareUint16Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareUint16Val:compareUint16ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_UINT:
-      comparFn = compareUint32Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareUint32Val:compareUint32ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_UBIGINT:
-      comparFn = compareUint64Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareUint64Val:compareUint64ValDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY:
-      comparFn = compareLenPrefixedStr;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareLenPrefixedStr:compareLenPrefixedStrDesc;
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR:
-      comparFn = compareLenPrefixedWStr;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareLenPrefixedWStr:compareLenPrefixedWStrDesc;
       break;
     default:
-      comparFn = compareInt32Val;
+      comparFn = (order == TSDB_ORDER_ASC)? compareInt32Val:compareInt32ValDesc;
       break;
   }
   
diff --git a/src/util/src/tskiplist.c b/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
index b464519ba6..98fd9c094c 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ SSkipList *tSkipListCreate(uint8_t maxLevel, uint8_t keyType, uint16_t keyLen, _
   pSkipList->keyFn = fn;
   pSkipList->seed = rand();
   if (comparFn == NULL) {
-    pSkipList->comparFn = getKeyComparFunc(keyType);
+    pSkipList->comparFn = getKeyComparFunc(keyType, TSDB_ORDER_ASC);
   } else {
     pSkipList->comparFn = comparFn;
   }