DROP TABLE IF EXISTS alter_test; set allow_deprecated_syntax_for_merge_tree=1; CREATE TABLE alter_test (CounterID UInt32, StartDate Date, UserID UInt32, VisitID UInt32, NestedColumn Nested(A UInt8, S String), ToDrop UInt32) ENGINE = MergeTree(StartDate, intHash32(UserID), (CounterID, StartDate, intHash32(UserID), VisitID), 8192); INSERT INTO alter_test VALUES (1, '2014-01-01', 2, 3, [1,2,3], ['a','b','c'], 4); ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN Added0 UInt32; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN Added2 UInt32; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN Added1 UInt32 AFTER Added0; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN AddedNested1 Nested(A UInt32, B UInt64) AFTER Added2; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN AddedNested1.C Array(String) AFTER AddedNested1.B; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN AddedNested2 Nested(A UInt32, B UInt64) AFTER AddedNested1; DESC TABLE alter_test; ALTER TABLE alter_test DROP COLUMN ToDrop; ALTER TABLE alter_test MODIFY COLUMN Added0 String; ALTER TABLE alter_test DROP COLUMN NestedColumn.A; ALTER TABLE alter_test DROP COLUMN NestedColumn.S; ALTER TABLE alter_test DROP COLUMN AddedNested1.B; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS Added0 UInt32; ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS AddedNested1 Nested(A UInt32, B UInt64); ALTER TABLE alter_test ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS AddedNested1.C Array(String); ALTER TABLE alter_test MODIFY COLUMN IF EXISTS ToDrop UInt64; ALTER TABLE alter_test DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS ToDrop; ALTER TABLE alter_test COMMENT COLUMN IF EXISTS ToDrop 'new comment'; DESC TABLE alter_test; SELECT * FROM alter_test; DROP TABLE alter_test;