2018 Changelog

#### Bug Fixes:[​](#bug-fixes-10 "Direct link to Bug Fixes:")

- Fixed an issue with `Dictionary` tables for `range_hashed` dictionaries. This error occurred in version 18.12.17. [#1702](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/1702)
- Fixed an error when loading `range_hashed` dictionaries (the message `Unsupported type Nullable (...)`). This error occurred in version 18.12.17. [#3362](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3362)
- Fixed errors in the `pointInPolygon` function due to the accumulation of inaccurate calculations for polygons with a large number of vertices located close to each other. [#3331](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3331) [#3341](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3341)
- If after merging data parts, the checksum for the resulting part differs from the result of the same merge in another replica, the result of the merge is deleted and the data part is downloaded from the other replica (this is the correct behavior). But after downloading the data part, it couldn't be added to the working set because of an error that the part already exists (because the data part was deleted with some delay after the merge). This led to cyclical attempts to download the same data. [#3194](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3194)
- Fixed incorrect calculation of total memory consumption by queries (because of incorrect calculation, the `max_memory_usage_for_all_queries` setting worked incorrectly and the `MemoryTracking` metric had an incorrect value). This error occurred in version 18.12.13. [Marek Vavruša](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3344)
- Fixed the functionality of `CREATE TABLE ... ON CLUSTER ... AS SELECT ...` This error occurred in version 18.12.13. [#3247](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3247)
- Fixed unnecessary preparation of data structures for `JOIN`s on the server that initiates the query if the `JOIN` is only performed on remote servers. [#3340](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3340)
- Fixed bugs in the `Kafka` engine: deadlocks after exceptions when starting to read data, and locks upon completion [Marek Vavruša](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3215).
- For `Kafka` tables, the optional `schema` parameter was not passed (the schema of the `Cap'n'Proto` format). [Vojtech Splichal](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3150)
- If the ensemble of ZooKeeper servers has servers that accept the connection but then immediately close it instead of responding to the handshake, ClickHouse chooses to connect another server. Previously, this produced the error `Cannot read all data. Bytes read: 0. Bytes expected: 4.` and the server couldn't start. [8218cf3a](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/8218cf3a5f39a43401953769d6d12a0bb8d29da9)
- If the ensemble of ZooKeeper servers contains servers for which the DNS query returns an error, these servers are ignored. [17b8e209](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/17b8e209221061325ad7ba0539f03c6e65f87f29)
- Fixed type conversion between `Date` and `DateTime` when inserting data in the `VALUES` format (if `input_format_values_interpret_expressions = 1`). Previously, the conversion was performed between the numerical value of the number of days in Unix Epoch time and the Unix timestamp, which led to unexpected results. [#3229](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3229)
- Corrected type conversion between `Decimal` and integer numbers. [#3211](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3211)
- Fixed errors in the `enable_optimize_predicate_expression` setting. [Winter Zhang](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3231)
- Fixed a parsing error in CSV format with floating-point numbers if a non-default CSV separator is used, such as `;` [#3155](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3155)
- Fixed the `arrayCumSumNonNegative` function (it does not accumulate negative values if the accumulator is less than zero). [Aleksey Studnev](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3163)
- Fixed how `Merge` tables work on top of `Distributed` tables when using `PREWHERE`. [#3165](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3165)
- Bug fixes in the `ALTER UPDATE` query.
- Fixed bugs in the `odbc` table function that appeared in version 18.12. [#3197](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3197)
- Fixed the operation of aggregate functions with `StateArray` combinators. [#3188](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3188)
- Fixed a crash when dividing a `Decimal` value by zero. [69dd6609](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/69dd6609193beb4e7acd3e6ad216eca0ccfb8179)
- Fixed output of types for operations using `Decimal` and integer arguments. [#3224](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3224)
- Fixed the segfault during `GROUP BY` on `Decimal128`. [3359ba06](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/3359ba06c39fcd05bfdb87d6c64154819621e13a)
- The `log_query_threads` setting (logging information about each thread of query execution) now takes effect only if the `log_queries` option (logging information about queries) is set to 1. Since the `log_query_threads` option is enabled by default, information about threads was previously logged even if query logging was disabled. [#3241](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3241)
- Fixed an error in the distributed operation of the quantiles aggregate function (the error message `Not found column quantile...`). [292a8855](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/292a885533b8e3b41ce8993867069d14cbd5a664)
- Fixed the compatibility problem when working on a cluster of version 18.12.17 servers and older servers at the same time. For distributed queries with GROUP BY keys of both fixed and non-fixed length, if there was a large amount of data to aggregate, the returned data was not always fully aggregated (two different rows contained the same aggregation keys). [#3254](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3254)
- Fixed handling of substitutions in `clickhouse-performance-test`, if the query contains only part of the substitutions declared in the test. [#3263](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3263)
- Fixed an error when using `FINAL` with `PREWHERE`. [#3298](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3298)
- Fixed an error when using `PREWHERE` over columns that were added during `ALTER`. [#3298](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3298)
- Added a check for the absence of `arrayJoin` for `DEFAULT` and `MATERIALIZED` expressions. Previously, `arrayJoin` led to an error when inserting data. [#3337](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3337)
- Added a check for the absence of `arrayJoin` in a `PREWHERE` clause. Previously, this led to messages like `Size ... does not match` or `Unknown compression method` when executing queries. [#3357](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3357)
- Fixed segfault that could occur in rare cases after optimization that replaced AND chains from equality evaluations with the corresponding IN expression. [liuyimin-bytedance](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3339)
- Minor corrections to `clickhouse-benchmark`: previously, client information was not sent to the server; now the number of queries executed is calculated more accurately when shutting down and for limiting the number of iterations. [#3351](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3351) [#3352](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3352)

#### Backward Incompatible Changes:[​](#backward-incompatible-changes-1 "Direct link to Backward Incompatible Changes:")

- Removed the `allow_experimental_decimal_type` option. The `Decimal` data type is available for default use. [#3329](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/3329)

## ClickHouse Release 18.12[​](#clickhouse-release-18-12 "Direct link to ClickHouse Release 18.12")

### ClickHouse Release 18.12.17, 2018-09-16[​](#clickhouse-release-18-12-17-2018-09-16 "Direct link to ClickHouse Release 18.12.17, 2018-09-16")

#### New Features:[​](#new-features-2 "Direct link to New Features:")