DROP TABLE IF EXISTS alter_default; CREATE TABLE alter_default ( date Date, key UInt64 ) ENGINE ReplicatedMergeTree('/clickhouse/tables/test_01079/alter_default', '1') ORDER BY key; INSERT INTO alter_default select toDate('2020-01-05'), number from system.numbers limit 100; -- Cannot add column without type ALTER TABLE alter_default ADD COLUMN value DEFAULT '10'; --{serverError 36} ALTER TABLE alter_default ADD COLUMN value String DEFAULT '10'; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; SELECT sum(cast(value as UInt64)) FROM alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN value UInt64; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN value UInt64 DEFAULT 10; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; SELECT sum(value) from alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN value DEFAULT 100; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN value UInt16 DEFAULT 100; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; SELECT sum(value) from alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN value UInt8 DEFAULT 10; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default ADD COLUMN bad_column UInt8 DEFAULT 'q'; --{serverError 6} ALTER TABLE alter_default ADD COLUMN better_column UInt8 DEFAULT '1'; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; ALTER TABLE alter_default ADD COLUMN other_date String DEFAULT '0'; ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN other_date DateTime; --{serverError 41} ALTER TABLE alter_default MODIFY COLUMN other_date DEFAULT 1; SHOW CREATE TABLE alter_default; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS alter_default;