Thanks for quick reply.

We are using 4.2+ version at the moment, will that be a problem? Or is this a 
default behavior in all the version of Phoenix? 

Regards,
Sachin

> On Dec 13, 2015, at 4:17 PM, James Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> bq. When this simple query with Order by and limit clause is executed, does 
> it return a valid data considering the fact that the data will be spread 
> across 4 region servers?
> Yes
> 
> bq. Does this mean that 15 rows are gathered from each region server and then 
> the limit clause applied on the client?
> Yes
> 
> bq. How exactly is this query executed?
> It's executed as you've described. Each parallel scan that Phoenix runs 
> returns the top 15 rows (as determined by the ORDER BY clause). The results 
> of these scans are merge sorted on the client with the top 15 rows being 
> returned.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Sachin Katakdound 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Let’s say we have a simple (phoenix table) data set.
> 
> create table ADDRESS(“id” NUMBER primary key,
>         “city” VARCHAR,
>         "state” VARCHAR,
>         “zip”   VARCHAR) SALT_BUCKETS=4
> 
> And lets suppose there are 4 different region servers, and this data set is 
> spread across 4 separate regions.
> 
> Now, the following query is run;
> select * from ADDRESS order by “city” limit 15;
> 
> When this simple query with Order by and limit clause is executed, does it 
> return a valid data considering the fact that the data will be spread across 
> 4 region servers?
> 
> I believe the query plan indicates “ordering on the server” and then limit 
> clause on the client.
> 
> Does this mean that 15 rows are gathered from each region server and then the 
> limit clause applied on the client?
> How exactly is this query executed?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Sachin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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