-- Eventually this ALTER should be fixed SET allow_experimental_object_type=1; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_to; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_from; CREATE TABLE t_to (id UInt64, value Nullable(String)) ENGINE MergeTree() ORDER BY id; CREATE TABLE t_from (id UInt64, value Object('json')) ENGINE MergeTree() ORDER BY id; ALTER TABLE t_to MODIFY COLUMN value Object('json'); -- { serverError BAD_ARGUMENTS } ALTER TABLE t_from MODIFY COLUMN value Nullable(String); -- { serverError BAD_ARGUMENTS } DROP TABLE t_to; DROP TABLE t_from;