DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_00615; set allow_deprecated_syntax_for_merge_tree=1; CREATE TABLE test_00615 ( dt Date, id Int32, key String, data Nullable(Int8) ) ENGINE = MergeTree(dt, (id, key, dt), 8192); INSERT INTO test_00615 (dt,id, key,data) VALUES ('2000-01-01', 100, 'key', 100500); alter table test_00615 drop column data; alter table test_00615 add column data Nullable(Float64); INSERT INTO test_00615 (dt,id, key,data) VALUES ('2000-01-01', 100, 'key', 100500); SELECT * FROM test_00615 ORDER BY data NULLS FIRST; OPTIMIZE TABLE test_00615; SELECT * FROM test_00615 ORDER BY data NULLS FIRST; DROP TABLE test_00615;