set allow_suspicious_low_cardinality_types = 1; drop table if exists tab_00718; create table tab_00718 (a String, b LowCardinality(UInt32)) engine = MergeTree order by a; insert into tab_00718 values ('a', 1); select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; alter table tab_00718 modify column b UInt32; select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; alter table tab_00718 modify column b LowCardinality(UInt32); select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; alter table tab_00718 modify column b LowCardinality(String); select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; alter table tab_00718 modify column b LowCardinality(UInt32); select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; alter table tab_00718 modify column b String; select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; alter table tab_00718 modify column b LowCardinality(UInt32); select *, toTypeName(b) from tab_00718; drop table if exists tab_00718;