DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table2; CREATE TABLE table2 ( EventDate Date, Id Int32, Value Int32 ) Engine = MergeTree() PARTITION BY toYYYYMM(EventDate) ORDER BY Id; ALTER TABLE table2 MODIFY COLUMN `Value` DEFAULT 'some_string'; --{serverError CANNOT_PARSE_TEXT} ALTER TABLE table2 ADD COLUMN `Value2` DEFAULT 'some_string'; --{serverError BAD_ARGUMENTS} DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table2;