DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test.numbers1; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test.numbers2; CREATE TABLE test.numbers1 ENGINE = Memory AS SELECT number FROM numbers(1000); CREATE TABLE test.numbers2 ENGINE = Memory AS SELECT number FROM numbers(1000); SELECT * FROM merge(test, '^numbers\\d+$') SAMPLE 0.1; -- { serverError 141 } DROP TABLE test.numbers1; DROP TABLE test.numbers2; CREATE TABLE test.numbers1 ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY intHash32(number) SAMPLE BY intHash32(number) AS SELECT number FROM numbers(1000); CREATE TABLE test.numbers2 ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY intHash32(number) SAMPLE BY intHash32(number) AS SELECT number FROM numbers(1000); SELECT * FROM merge(test, '^numbers\\d+$') SAMPLE 0.01; DROP TABLE test.numbers1; DROP TABLE test.numbers2;