diff --git a/source/common/src/tdataformat.c b/source/common/src/tdataformat.c
index a3667a7e08..5d19012273 100644
--- a/source/common/src/tdataformat.c
+++ b/source/common/src/tdataformat.c
@@ -2216,13 +2216,18 @@ static int32_t tColDataSwapValue(SColData *pColData, int32_t i, int32_t j) {
     if (nData1 > nData2) {
       memcpy(pData, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i], nData1);
       memcpy(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i], pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[j], nData2);
-      memmove(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData2, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData1,
+      // memmove(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData2, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData1,
+      //         pColData->aOffset[j] - pColData->aOffset[i + 1]);
+      memmove(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData2, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i + 1],
               pColData->aOffset[j] - pColData->aOffset[i + 1]);
       memcpy(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[j] + nData2 - nData1, pData, nData1);
     } else {
       memcpy(pData, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[j], nData2);
       memcpy(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[j] + nData2 - nData1, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i], nData1);
-      memmove(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[j] + nData2 - nData1, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData1,
+      // memmove(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[j] + nData2 - nData1, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] +
+      // nData1,
+      //         pColData->aOffset[j] - pColData->aOffset[i + 1]);
+      memmove(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i] + nData2, pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i + 1],
               pColData->aOffset[j] - pColData->aOffset[i + 1]);
       memcpy(pColData->pData + pColData->aOffset[i], pData, nData2);
     }
@@ -2242,6 +2247,7 @@ static int32_t tColDataSwapValue(SColData *pColData, int32_t i, int32_t j) {
 _exit:
   return code;
 }
+
 static void tColDataSwap(SColData *pColData, int32_t i, int32_t j) {
   ASSERT(i < j);
   ASSERT(j < pColData->nVal);
@@ -2277,9 +2283,173 @@ static void tColDataSwap(SColData *pColData, int32_t i, int32_t j) {
   }
 }
 
-static void tColDataSort(SColData *aColData, int32_t nColData) {
-  if (aColData[0].nVal == 0) return;
-  // TODO
+static int32_t tColDataCopyRowCell(SColData *pFromColData, int32_t iFromRow, SColData *pToColData, int32_t iToRow) {
+  int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+
+  if (IS_VAR_DATA_TYPE(pToColData->type)) {
+    int32_t nData = (iFromRow < pFromColData->nVal - 1)
+                        ? pFromColData->aOffset[iFromRow + 1] - pFromColData->aOffset[iFromRow]
+                        : pFromColData->nData - pFromColData->aOffset[iFromRow];
+    if (iToRow == 0) {
+      pToColData->aOffset[iToRow] = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (iToRow < pToColData->nVal - 1) {
+      pToColData->aOffset[iToRow + 1] = pToColData->aOffset[iToRow] + nData;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(pToColData->pData + pToColData->aOffset[iToRow], pFromColData->pData + pFromColData->aOffset[iFromRow],
+           nData);
+  } else {
+    memcpy(&pToColData->pData[TYPE_BYTES[pToColData->type] * iToRow],
+           &pFromColData->pData[TYPE_BYTES[pToColData->type] * iFromRow], TYPE_BYTES[pToColData->type]);
+  }
+  return code;
+}
+
+static int32_t tColDataCopyRowSingleCol(SColData *pFromColData, int32_t iFromRow, SColData *pToColData,
+                                        int32_t iToRow) {
+  int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+
+  switch (pFromColData->flag) {
+    case HAS_NONE:
+    case HAS_NULL:
+      break;
+    case (HAS_NULL | HAS_NONE): {
+      SET_BIT1(pToColData->pBitMap, iToRow, GET_BIT1(pFromColData->pBitMap, iFromRow));
+    } break;
+    case HAS_VALUE: {
+      tColDataCopyRowCell(pFromColData, iFromRow, pToColData, iToRow);
+    } break;
+    case (HAS_VALUE | HAS_NONE):
+    case (HAS_VALUE | HAS_NULL): {
+      SET_BIT1(pToColData->pBitMap, iToRow, GET_BIT1(pFromColData->pBitMap, iFromRow));
+      tColDataCopyRowCell(pFromColData, iFromRow, pToColData, iToRow);
+    } break;
+    case (HAS_VALUE | HAS_NULL | HAS_NONE): {
+      SET_BIT2(pToColData->pBitMap, iToRow, GET_BIT2(pFromColData->pBitMap, iFromRow));
+      tColDataCopyRowCell(pFromColData, iFromRow, pToColData, iToRow);
+    } break;
+    default:
+      return -1;
+  }
+
+  return code;
+}
+
+static int32_t tColDataCopyRow(SColData *aFromColData, int32_t iFromRow, SColData *aToColData, int32_t iToRow,
+                               int32_t nColData) {
+  int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < nColData; i++) {
+    code = tColDataCopyRowSingleCol(&aFromColData[i], iFromRow, &aToColData[i], iToRow);
+    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      return code;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return code;
+}
+
+static int32_t tColDataCopyRowAppend(SColData *aFromColData, int32_t iFromRow, SColData *aToColData, int32_t nColData) {
+  int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < nColData; i++) {
+    SColVal cv = {0};
+    tColDataGetValue(&aFromColData[i], iFromRow, &cv);
+    code = tColDataAppendValue(&aToColData[i], &cv);
+    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      return code;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return code;
+}
+
+static int32_t tColDataMergeSortMerge(SColData *aColData, int32_t start, int32_t mid, int32_t end, int32_t nColData) {
+  SColData *aDstColData = NULL;
+  TSKEY    *aKey = (TSKEY *)aColData[0].pData;
+
+  int32_t i = start, j = mid + 1, k = 0;
+
+  if (end > start) {
+    aDstColData = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SColData) * nColData);
+    for (int c = 0; c < nColData; ++c) {
+      tColDataInit(&aDstColData[c], aColData[c].cid, aColData[c].type, aColData[c].smaOn);
+    }
+    if (aDstColData == NULL) {
+      return TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    }
+    /*
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < nColData; i++) {
+      tColDataCopy(&aColData[i], &aDstColData[i], tColDataDefaultMalloc, NULL);
+    }
+    */
+  }
+
+  while (i <= mid && j <= end) {
+    if (aKey[i] <= aKey[j]) {
+      // tColDataCopyRow(aColData, i++, aDstColData, k++);
+      tColDataCopyRowAppend(aColData, i++, aDstColData, nColData);
+    } else {
+      // tColDataCopyRow(aColData, j++, aDstColData, k++);
+      tColDataCopyRowAppend(aColData, j++, aDstColData, nColData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  while (i <= mid) {
+    // tColDataCopyRow(aColData, i++, aDstColData, k++);
+    tColDataCopyRowAppend(aColData, i++, aDstColData, nColData);
+  }
+
+  while (j <= end) {
+    // tColDataCopyRow(aColData, j++, aDstColData, k++);
+    tColDataCopyRowAppend(aColData, j++, aDstColData, nColData);
+  }
+
+  for (i = start, k = 0; i <= end; ++i, ++k) {
+    tColDataCopyRow(aDstColData, k, aColData, i, nColData);
+  }
+
+  if (aDstColData) {
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < nColData; i++) {
+      tColDataDestroy(&aDstColData[i]);
+    }
+    taosMemoryFree(aDstColData);
+  }
+
+  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int32_t tColDataMergeSort(SColData *aColData, int32_t start, int32_t end, int32_t nColData) {
+  int32_t ret = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  int32_t mid;
+
+  if (start >= end) {
+    return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  }
+
+  mid = (start + end) / 2;
+
+  ret = tColDataMergeSort(aColData, start, mid, nColData);
+  if (ret != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  ret = tColDataMergeSort(aColData, mid + 1, end, nColData);
+  if (ret != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  return tColDataMergeSortMerge(aColData, start, mid, end, nColData);
+}
+
+static int32_t tColDataSort(SColData *aColData, int32_t nColData) {
+  int32_t nVal = aColData[0].nVal;
+
+  if (nVal < 2) return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+
+  return tColDataMergeSort(aColData, 0, nVal - 1, nColData);
 }
 static void tColDataMergeImpl(SColData *pColData, int32_t iStart, int32_t iEnd /* not included */) {
   switch (pColData->flag) {
@@ -2529,6 +2699,15 @@ void tColDataSortMerge(SArray *colDataArr) {
     tColDataSort(aColData, nColData);
   }
 
+  if (doMerge != 1) {
+    for (int32_t iVal = 1; iVal < aColData[0].nVal; ++iVal) {
+      if (aKey[iVal] == aKey[iVal - 1]) {
+        doMerge = 1;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // merge -------
   if (doMerge) {
     tColDataMerge(aColData, nColData);
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
index 320217a32b..1834432bc9 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from util.dnodes import *
 from util.dnodes import TDDnodes
 from util.dnodes import TDDnode
 from util.cluster import *
+import subprocess
 
 BASEVERSION = "3.0.1.8"
 class TDTestCase:
@@ -26,8 +27,21 @@ class TDTestCase:
         self.replicaVar = int(replicaVar)
         tdLog.debug(f"start to excute {__file__}")
         tdSql.init(conn.cursor())
+    
+    def checkProcessPid(self,processName):
+        i=0
+        while i<60:
+            print(f"wait stop {processName}")
+            processPid = subprocess.getstatusoutput(f'ps aux|grep {processName} |grep -v "grep"|awk \'{{print $2}}\'')[1]
+            print(f"times:{i},{processName}-pid:{processPid}")
+            if(processPid == ""):
+                break
+            i += 1
+            sleep(1)
+        else:
+            print(f'this processName is not stoped in 60s')
 
-
+            
     def getBuildPath(self):
         selfPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         # tdsqlF.query(f"select count(*) from {stb}")
         # tdsqlF.checkData(0,0,tableNumbers*recordNumbers1)
         os.system("pkill taosd")
-        sleep(2)
+        self.checkProcessPid("taosd")
 
         print(f"start taosd: nohup taosd -c {cPath} & ")
         os.system(f" nohup taosd -c {cPath} & " )
@@ -123,7 +137,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdLog.info(" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib  taosBenchmark -f 0-others/compa4096.json -y  ")
         os.system("LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib  taosBenchmark -f 0-others/compa4096.json -y")
         os.system("pkill taosd")   # make sure all the data are saved in disk.
-
+        self.checkProcessPid("taosd")
 
 
         tdLog.printNoPrefix("==========step2:update new version ")