DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test.alter; CREATE TABLE test.alter (d Date DEFAULT toDate('2015-01-01'), n Nested(x String)) ENGINE = MergeTree(d, d, 8192); INSERT INTO test.alter (`n.x`) VALUES (['Hello', 'World']); SELECT * FROM test.alter; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n WHERE n.x LIKE '%Hello%'; ALTER TABLE test.alter ADD COLUMN n.y Array(UInt64); SELECT * FROM test.alter; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n WHERE n.x LIKE '%Hello%'; INSERT INTO test.alter (`n.x`) VALUES (['Hello2', 'World2']); SELECT * FROM test.alter ORDER BY n.x; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n ORDER BY n.x; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n WHERE n.x LIKE '%Hello%' ORDER BY n.x; OPTIMIZE TABLE test.alter; SELECT * FROM test.alter; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n; SELECT * FROM test.alter ARRAY JOIN n WHERE n.x LIKE '%Hello%'; DROP TABLE test.alter;