DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_sparse_02235; CREATE TABLE t_sparse_02235 (a UInt8) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple() SETTINGS ratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization = 0.9; SYSTEM STOP MERGES t_sparse_02235; INSERT INTO t_sparse_02235 SELECT 1 FROM numbers(1000); INSERT INTO t_sparse_02235 SELECT 0 FROM numbers(1000); SELECT name, column, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_sparse_02235' ORDER BY name, column; SET check_query_single_value_result = 0; CHECK TABLE t_sparse_02235; DROP TABLE t_sparse_02235;