*/
boolean isOrdered = !orderBy.getOrderByExpressions().isEmpty();
ParallelIterators iterators = new ParallelIterators(context, tableRef, statement, projection, GroupBy.EMPTY_GROUP_BY, isOrdered ? null : limit, parallelIteratorFactory);
splits = iterators.getSplits();
if (isOrdered) {
scanner = new MergeSortTopNResultIterator(iterators, limit, orderBy.getOrderByExpressions());
} else {
if (isSalted &&
(getConnectionQueryServices(context.getConnection().getQueryServices()).getProps().getBoolean(
QueryServices.ROW_KEY_ORDER_SALTED_TABLE_ATTRIB,
QueryServicesOptions.DEFAULT_ROW_KEY_ORDER_SALTED_TABLE) ||