DROP TABLE IF EXISTS prewhere; set allow_deprecated_syntax_for_merge_tree=1; CREATE TABLE prewhere (d Date, a String, b String) ENGINE = MergeTree(d, d, 8192); INSERT INTO prewhere VALUES ('2015-01-01', 'hello', 'world'); ALTER TABLE prewhere ADD COLUMN a1 String AFTER a; INSERT INTO prewhere VALUES ('2015-01-01', 'hello1', 'xxx', 'world1'); SELECT d, a, a1, b FROM prewhere PREWHERE a LIKE 'hello%' ORDER BY a1; DROP TABLE prewhere;