SET mutations_sync = 2; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_sparse_mutations_2; CREATE TABLE t_sparse_mutations_2 (key UInt8, id UInt64, s String) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY id PARTITION BY key SETTINGS ratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization = 0.9; INSERT INTO t_sparse_mutations_2 SELECT 1, number, toString(number) FROM numbers (10000); SELECT type, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_sparse_mutations_2' AND column = 's' AND active ORDER BY name; SELECT count(), sum(s::UInt64) FROM t_sparse_mutations_2 WHERE s != ''; ALTER TABLE t_sparse_mutations_2 UPDATE s = '' WHERE id % 13 != 0; SELECT type, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_sparse_mutations_2' AND column = 's' AND active ORDER BY name; SELECT count(), sum(s::UInt64) FROM t_sparse_mutations_2 WHERE s != ''; OPTIMIZE TABLE t_sparse_mutations_2 FINAL; SELECT type, serialization_kind FROM system.parts_columns WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_sparse_mutations_2' AND column = 's' AND active ORDER BY name; SELECT count(), sum(s::UInt64) FROM t_sparse_mutations_2 WHERE s != ''; DROP TABLE t_sparse_mutations_2;