diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10887bda..c8cd1997 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ authors = ["Ziyang Hu"]
 
 [dependencies]
 casey = "0.3.3"
+tempfile = "3.3.0"
 either = "1.7.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 anyhow = "1.0"
diff --git a/cozorocks/src/bridge/db.rs b/cozorocks/src/bridge/db.rs
index 4ef9f8ac..8652f444 100644
--- a/cozorocks/src/bridge/db.rs
+++ b/cozorocks/src/bridge/db.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,15 @@ impl SstWriter {
             Err(status)
         }
     }
+    pub fn finish(&mut self) -> Result<(), RocksDbStatus> {
+        let mut status = RocksDbStatus::default();
+        self.inner.pin_mut().finish(&mut status);
+        if status.is_ok() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(status)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 unsafe impl Send for RocksDb {}
diff --git a/cozorocks/src/bridge/mod.rs b/cozorocks/src/bridge/mod.rs
index 71231789..74331b45 100644
--- a/cozorocks/src/bridge/mod.rs
+++ b/cozorocks/src/bridge/mod.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ pub(crate) mod ffi {
 
         type SstFileWriterBridge;
         fn put(self: Pin<&mut SstFileWriterBridge>, key: &[u8], val: &[u8], status: &mut RocksDbStatus);
+        fn finish(self: Pin<&mut SstFileWriterBridge>, status: &mut RocksDbStatus);
 
         type TxBridge;
         // fn get_r_opts(self: Pin<&mut TxBridge>) -> Pin<&mut ReadOptions>;
diff --git a/src/query/pull.rs b/src/query/pull.rs
index 0fa103c0..7ff86866 100644
--- a/src/query/pull.rs
+++ b/src/query/pull.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use serde_json::{json, Map};
 use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec, ToSmallVec};
 
+use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+
 use crate::data::attr::{Attribute, AttributeCardinality, AttributeTyping};
 use crate::data::encode::{
     decode_ea_key, decode_value_from_key, decode_value_from_val, encode_eav_key, StorageTag,
@@ -110,21 +112,29 @@ impl SessionTx {
             );
             found
         };
-        let mut vtx = self.view_db.transact().start();
-
-        let is_delete = op == ViewOp::Retract;
+        if op == ViewOp::Retract {
+            let mut vtx = self.view_db.transact().start();
 
-        for data in res_iter {
-            let data = data?;
-            let encoded = data.encode_as_key(view_store.metadata.id);
-            if is_delete {
+            for data in res_iter {
+                let data = data?;
+                let encoded = data.encode_as_key(view_store.metadata.id);
                 vtx.del(&encoded)?;
-            } else {
-                vtx.put(&encoded, &[])?;
             }
-        }
 
-        vtx.commit()?;
+            vtx.commit()?;
+        } else {
+            let file = NamedTempFile::new()?;
+            let path = file.into_temp_path();
+            let path = path.to_string_lossy();
+            let mut writer = self.view_db.get_sst_writer(&path)?;
+            for data in res_iter {
+                let data = data?;
+                let encoded = data.encode_as_key(view_store.metadata.id);
+                writer.put(&encoded, &[])?;
+            }
+            writer.finish()?;
+            self.view_db.ingest_sst_file(&path)?;
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
     pub(crate) fn run_pull_on_query_results<'a>(