DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_ttl_modify_column; CREATE TABLE t_ttl_modify_column ( InsertionDateTime DateTime, TTLDays Int32 DEFAULT CAST(365, 'Int32') ) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple() TTL InsertionDateTime + toIntervalDay(TTLDays) SETTINGS min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0; INSERT INTO t_ttl_modify_column VALUES (now(), 23); SET mutations_sync = 2; ALTER TABLE t_ttl_modify_column modify column TTLDays Int16 DEFAULT CAST(365, 'Int16'); INSERT INTO t_ttl_modify_column VALUES (now(), 23); SELECT sum(rows), groupUniqArray(type) FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_ttl_modify_column' AND column = 'TTLDays' AND active; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_ttl_modify_column; CREATE TABLE t_ttl_modify_column (InsertionDateTime DateTime) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple() TTL InsertionDateTime + INTERVAL 3 DAY SETTINGS min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0; INSERT INTO t_ttl_modify_column VALUES (now()); ALTER TABLE t_ttl_modify_column MODIFY COLUMN InsertionDateTime Date; INSERT INTO t_ttl_modify_column VALUES (now()); SELECT sum(rows), groupUniqArray(type) FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_ttl_modify_column' AND column = 'InsertionDateTime' AND active; ALTER TABLE t_ttl_modify_column MODIFY COLUMN InsertionDateTime Float32; -- { serverError ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT } DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_ttl_modify_column;