SELECT '00000000-0000-01f8-9cb8-cb1b82fb3900' AS str, toUUID(str); SELECT toFixedString('00000000-0000-02f8-9cb8-cb1b82fb3900', 36) AS str, toUUID(str); SELECT '00000000-0000-03f8-9cb8-cb1b82fb3900' AS str, CAST(str, 'UUID'); SELECT toFixedString('00000000-0000-04f8-9cb8-cb1b82fb3900', 36) AS str, CAST(str, 'UUID'); DROP TABLE IF EXISTS uuid; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS uuid ( created_at DateTime, id0 String, id1 FixedString(36) ) ENGINE = MergeTree PARTITION BY toDate(created_at) ORDER BY (created_at); INSERT INTO uuid VALUES ('2018-01-01 01:02:03', '00000000-0000-05f8-9cb8-cb1b82fb3900', '00000000-0000-06f8-9cb8-cb1b82fb3900'); ALTER TABLE uuid MODIFY COLUMN id0 UUID; ALTER TABLE uuid MODIFY COLUMN id1 UUID; SELECT id0, id1 FROM uuid; SELECT toTypeName(id0), toTypeName(id1) FROM uuid; DROP TABLE uuid; -- with UUID in key CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS uuid ( created_at DateTime, id0 String, id1 FixedString(36) ) ENGINE = MergeTree PARTITION BY toDate(created_at) ORDER BY (created_at, id0, id1); SET send_logs_level = 'none'; ALTER TABLE uuid MODIFY COLUMN id0 UUID; -- { serverError 524 } ALTER TABLE uuid MODIFY COLUMN id1 UUID; -- { serverError 524 } DROP TABLE uuid;