-- { echo } DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_sparse; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_sparse_1; CREATE TABLE t_sparse (id UInt64, u UInt64, s String, arr1 Array(String), arr2 Array(UInt64)) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple() SETTINGS ratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization = 0.1; INSERT INTO t_sparse SELECT number, if (number % 10 = 0, number, 0), if (number % 5 = 0, toString(number), ''), if (number % 7 = 0, arrayMap(x -> toString(x), range(number % 10)), []), if (number % 12 = 0, range(number % 10), []) FROM numbers (200); SELECT column, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE table = 't_sparse' AND database = currentDatabase() ORDER BY column; arr1 Default arr2 Default id Default s Sparse u Sparse SELECT * FROM t_sparse WHERE u != 0 ORDER BY id; 10 10 10 [] [] 20 20 20 [] [] 30 30 30 [] [] 40 40 40 [] [] 50 50 50 [] [] 60 60 60 [] [] 70 70 70 [] [] 80 80 80 [] [] 90 90 90 [] [] 100 100 100 [] [] 110 110 110 [] [] 120 120 120 [] [] 130 130 130 [] [] 140 140 140 [] [] 150 150 150 [] [] 160 160 160 [] [] 170 170 170 [] [] 180 180 180 [] [] 190 190 190 [] [] SELECT * FROM t_sparse WHERE s != '' ORDER BY id; 0 0 0 [] [] 5 0 5 [] [] 10 10 10 [] [] 15 0 15 [] [] 20 20 20 [] [] 25 0 25 [] [] 30 30 30 [] [] 35 0 35 ['0','1','2','3','4'] [] 40 40 40 [] [] 45 0 45 [] [] 50 50 50 [] [] 55 0 55 [] [] 60 60 60 [] [] 65 0 65 [] [] 70 70 70 [] [] 75 0 75 [] [] 80 80 80 [] [] 85 0 85 [] [] 90 90 90 [] [] 95 0 95 [] [] 100 100 100 [] [] 105 0 105 ['0','1','2','3','4'] [] 110 110 110 [] [] 115 0 115 [] [] 120 120 120 [] [] 125 0 125 [] [] 130 130 130 [] [] 135 0 135 [] [] 140 140 140 [] [] 145 0 145 [] [] 150 150 150 [] [] 155 0 155 [] [] 160 160 160 [] [] 165 0 165 [] [] 170 170 170 [] [] 175 0 175 ['0','1','2','3','4'] [] 180 180 180 [] [] 185 0 185 [] [] 190 190 190 [] [] 195 0 195 [] [] SELECT * FROM t_sparse WHERE arr1 != [] ORDER BY id; 7 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6'] [] 14 0 ['0','1','2','3'] [] 21 0 ['0'] [] 28 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7'] [] 35 0 35 ['0','1','2','3','4'] [] 42 0 ['0','1'] [] 49 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'] [] 56 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5'] [] 63 0 ['0','1','2'] [] 77 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6'] [] 84 0 ['0','1','2','3'] [0,1,2,3] 91 0 ['0'] [] 98 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7'] [] 105 0 105 ['0','1','2','3','4'] [] 112 0 ['0','1'] [] 119 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'] [] 126 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5'] [] 133 0 ['0','1','2'] [] 147 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6'] [] 154 0 ['0','1','2','3'] [] 161 0 ['0'] [] 168 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7'] [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] 175 0 175 ['0','1','2','3','4'] [] 182 0 ['0','1'] [] 189 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'] [] 196 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5'] [] SELECT * FROM t_sparse WHERE arr2 != [] ORDER BY id; 12 0 [] [0,1] 24 0 [] [0,1,2,3] 36 0 [] [0,1,2,3,4,5] 48 0 [] [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] 72 0 [] [0,1] 84 0 ['0','1','2','3'] [0,1,2,3] 96 0 [] [0,1,2,3,4,5] 108 0 [] [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] 132 0 [] [0,1] 144 0 [] [0,1,2,3] 156 0 [] [0,1,2,3,4,5] 168 0 ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7'] [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] 192 0 [] [0,1] SELECT sum(u) FROM t_sparse; 1900 SELECT id % 7, sum(u) FROM t_sparse GROUP BY id % 7 ORDER BY id % 7; 0 210 1 360 2 300 3 240 4 190 5 330 6 270 SELECT arrayFilter(x -> x % 2 = 1, arr2) FROM t_sparse WHERE arr2 != [] LIMIT 5; [1] [1,3] [1,3,5] [1,3,5,7] [1] CREATE TABLE t_sparse_1 (id UInt64, v Int64) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple() SETTINGS ratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization = 0; INSERT INTO t_sparse_1 VALUES (1, 6), (2, 1), (3, 0), (4, -1), (5, 0), (6, 0), (7, -2), (8, 0), (9, 0), (10, 4), (11, 0); SELECT * FROM t_sparse_1 ORDER BY v, id; 7 -2 4 -1 3 0 5 0 6 0 8 0 9 0 11 0 2 1 10 4 1 6 SELECT * FROM t_sparse_1 ORDER BY v DESC, id; 1 6 10 4 2 1 3 0 5 0 6 0 8 0 9 0 11 0 4 -1 7 -2 SELECT * FROM t_sparse_1 ORDER BY v, id LIMIT 5; 7 -2 4 -1 3 0 5 0 6 0 SELECT * FROM t_sparse_1 ORDER BY v DESC, id LIMIT 5; 1 6 10 4 2 1 3 0 5 0 DROP TABLE t_sparse; DROP TABLE t_sparse_1;