CREATE TABLE different_order(k0 STRING, k1 STRING, v0 INTEGER, v1 INTEGER, t TIMESTAMP, time index(t), primary key(k0, k1)); Affected Rows: 0 INSERT INTO different_order (v1, k1, k0, t, v0) VALUES (11, 'b0', 'a0', 1, 1); Affected Rows: 1 INSERT INTO different_order (v1, v0, k0, t) VALUES (12, 2, 'a1', 2); Affected Rows: 1 INSERT INTO different_order (t, v1, k0, k1) VALUES (3, 13, 'a2', 'b1'); Affected Rows: 1 INSERT INTO different_order (t, k0, k1) VALUES (4, 'a2', 'b1'); Affected Rows: 1 SELECT * from different_order order by t; +----+----+----+----+-------------------------+ | k0 | k1 | v0 | v1 | t | +----+----+----+----+-------------------------+ | a0 | b0 | 1 | 11 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.001 | | a1 | | 2 | 12 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.002 | | a2 | b1 | | 13 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.003 | | a2 | b1 | | | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.004 | +----+----+----+----+-------------------------+ SELECT * from different_order WHERE k0 = 'a2' order by t; +----+----+----+----+-------------------------+ | k0 | k1 | v0 | v1 | t | +----+----+----+----+-------------------------+ | a2 | b1 | | 13 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.003 | | a2 | b1 | | | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.004 | +----+----+----+----+-------------------------+ DROP TABLE different_order; Affected Rows: 0