diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbBtree.c b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbBtree.c
index c92a1bdbb6..b9da7ef3ec 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbBtree.c
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbBtree.c
@@ -734,4 +734,92 @@ static int tdbBtreeBalance(SBtCursor *pCur) {
 
   return 0;
 }
+#endif
+
+#ifndef TDB_BTREE_CELL
+typedef struct {
+} SCellEncoder;
+
+typedef struct {
+  int kLen;
+  u8 *pKey;
+  int vLen;
+  u8 *pVal;
+  u8  kOverflow;
+  u8  vOverflow;
+  u8 *pTmpSpace;
+} SCellDecoder;
+
+static int tdbBtreeEncodeCell(SPage *pPage, void *pKey, int kLen, void *pVal, int vLen) {
+  u8  t[24];  // TODO
+  u8 *ptr;
+  u16 flags;
+
+  ASSERT(pPage->kLen == TDB_VARIANT_LEN || pPage->kLen == kLen);
+  ASSERT(pPage->vLen == TDB_VARIANT_LEN || pPage->vLen == vLen);
+
+  ptr = t;
+
+  // Encode kLen
+  if (pPage->kLen == TDB_VARIANT_LEN) {
+    ptr += tdbPutVarInt(ptr, kLen);
+  }
+
+  // Encode vLen
+  if (pPage->vLen == TDB_VARIANT_LEN) {
+    ptr += tdbPutVarInt(ptr, vLen);
+  }
+
+  // Encode key-value
+  if (TDB_BTREE_PAGE_IS_LEAF(flags)) {
+  } else {
+    ASSERT(pPage->vLen == sizeof(SPgno));
+
+    ((SPgno *)ptr)[0] = ((SPgno *)pVal)[0];
+    ptr = ptr + sizeof(SPgno);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int tdbBtreeDecodeCell(SPage *pPage, SCell *pCell, SCellDecoder *pDecoder) {
+  u16 flags;
+
+  // Decode kLen
+  if (pPage->kLen != -1) {
+    pDecoder->vLen = pPage->kLen;
+  } else {
+    pCell += tdbGetVarInt(pCell, &pDecoder->kLen);
+  }
+
+  // Decode vLen
+  if (pPage->vLen != -1) {
+    pDecoder->vLen = pPage->vLen;
+  } else {
+    pCell += tdbGetVarInt(pCell, &(pDecoder->vLen));
+  }
+
+  flags = TDB_PAGE_FLAGS(pPage);
+  if (TDB_BTREE_PAGE_IS_LEAF(flags)) {
+    // For leaf page
+    // TODO
+  } else {
+    // For interior page
+    ASSERT(pDecoder->vLen == sizeof(SPgno));
+
+    pDecoder->pVal = pCell;
+    pDecoder->kOverflow = 0;
+    pCell = pCell + pPage->vLen;
+
+    pDecoder->pKey = pCell;
+    if (0) {
+      pDecoder->vOverflow = 1;
+    } else {
+      pDecoder->vOverflow = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbUtil.h b/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbUtil.h
index 7b190374a1..9e23ca9419 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbUtil.h
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbUtil.h
@@ -39,6 +39,44 @@ int tdbGetFileSize(const char *fname, int pgSize, SPgno *pSize);
 
 int tdbPRead(int fd, void *pData, int count, i64 offset);
 
+static inline int tdbPutVarInt(u8 *p, int v) {
+  int n = 0;
+
+  for (;;) {
+    if (v < 0xff) {
+      p[n++] = v;
+      break;
+    }
+
+    p[n++] = (v & 0x7f) | 0x80;
+    v >>= 7;
+  }
+
+  ASSERT(n < 6);
+
+  return n;
+}
+
+static inline int tdbGetVarInt(const u8 *p, int *v) {
+  int n = 0;
+  int tv = 0;
+
+  for (;;) {
+    if (p[n] & 0x80 == 0) {
+      tv = (tv << 7) & p[n];
+      n++;
+      break;
+    }
+
+    tv = (tv << 7) & (p[n] & 0x7f);
+    n++;
+  }
+
+  ASSERT(n < 6);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif