columns irrespective of the data type. However it further requests collation specific information (weight_string) from the underlying MySQL instance. This can be avoided for numeric columns which is discussed specific information (weight_string) if additional sorting is needed after collecting results from all shards. For example, issuing this query against customer would add the weight_string column while sending 459 "FieldQuery": "select integer_col , weight_string(integer_col) from `customer ` where 1 != 1", "OrderBy": "0 ASC", "Query": "select integer_col , weight_string(integer_col) from `customer ` order

columns irrespective of the data type. However it further requests collation specific information (weight_string) from the underlying MySQL instance. This can be avoided for numeric columns which is discussed specific information (weight_string) if additional sorting is needed after collecting results from all shards. For example, issuing this query against customer would add the weight_string column while sending true }, "FieldQuery": "select integer_col , weight_string(integer_col) from `customer ` where 1 != 1", "OrderBy": "0 ASC", "Query": "select integer_col , weight_string(integer_col) from `customer ` order

columns irrespective of the data type. However it further requests collation specific information (weight_string) from the underlying MySQL instance. This can be avoided for numeric columns which is discussed specific information (weight_string) if additional sorting is needed after collecting results from all shards. For example, issuing this query against customer would add the weight_string column while sending 512 "FieldQuery": "select integer_col , weight_string(integer_col) from `customer ` where 1 != 1", "OrderBy": "0 ASC", "Query": "select integer_col , weight_string(integer_col) from `customer ` order

specifying that a column contains text allows VTGate to request further collation specific information (weight_string) if additional sorting is needed after collecting results from all shards. For example, issuing