SET mutations_sync = 2; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_sparse_mutations_4; CREATE TABLE t_sparse_mutations_4 (k UInt64, v UInt64) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY k SETTINGS ratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization = 0.9; INSERT INTO t_sparse_mutations_4 SELECT number, 0 FROM numbers(10000); SELECT type, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_sparse_mutations_4' AND column = 'v' AND active ORDER BY name; ALTER TABLE t_sparse_mutations_4 MODIFY COLUMN v String; SELECT type, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_sparse_mutations_4' AND column = 'v' AND active ORDER BY name; DROP TABLE t_sparse_mutations_4;