CREATE TABLE mt_match_pk (v String) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY v SETTINGS index_granularity = 1; INSERT INTO mt_match_pk VALUES ('a'), ('aaa'), ('aba'), ('bac'), ('acccca'); SET force_primary_key = 1; SELECT count() FROM mt_match_pk WHERE match(v, '^a'); SELECT count() FROM mt_match_pk WHERE match(v, '^ab'); SELECT count() FROM mt_match_pk WHERE match(v, '^a.'); SELECT count() FROM mt_match_pk WHERE match(v, '^ab*'); SELECT count() FROM mt_match_pk WHERE match(v, '^ac?');