DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test.sites; CREATE TABLE test.sites (Domain UInt8, `Users.UserID` Array(UInt64), `Users.Dates` Array(Array(Date))) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY Domain SETTINGS vertical_merge_algorithm_min_rows_to_activate = 0, vertical_merge_algorithm_min_columns_to_activate = 0; SYSTEM STOP MERGES; INSERT INTO test.sites VALUES (1,[1],[[]]); INSERT INTO test.sites VALUES (2,[1],[['2018-06-22']]); SELECT count(), countArray(Users.Dates), countArrayArray(Users.Dates) FROM test.sites; SYSTEM START MERGES; OPTIMIZE TABLE test.sites FINAL; SELECT count(), countArray(Users.Dates), countArrayArray(Users.Dates) FROM test.sites; DROP TABLE test.sites;