create database if not exists test; drop table if exists test.merge_tree; create table test.merge_tree ( CounterID UInt32, StartDate Date, Sign Int8, VisitID UInt64, UserID UInt64, StartTime DateTime, ClickLogID UInt64) ENGINE = CollapsingMergeTree(StartDate, intHash32(UserID), tuple(CounterID, StartDate, intHash32(UserID), VisitID, ClickLogID), 8192, Sign); insert into test.merge_tree values (1, '2013-09-19', 1, 0, 2, '2013-09-19 12:43:06', 3) alter table test.merge_tree add column dummy String after CounterID; describe table test.merge_tree; insert into test.merge_tree values (1, 'Hello, Alter Table!','2013-09-19', 1, 0, 2, '2013-09-19 12:43:06', 3) select CounterID, dummy from test.merge_tree where dummy <> '' limit 10; alter table test.merge_tree drop column dummy; describe table test.merge_tree;