2020 Changelog

#### Improvement[​](#improvement-6 "Direct link to Improvement")

- Now it's allowed to execute `ALTER ... ON CLUSTER` queries regardless of the `<internal_replication>` setting in cluster config. [#16075](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/16075) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Unfold `{database}`, `{table}` and `{uuid}` macros in `ReplicatedMergeTree` arguments on table creation. [#16160](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/16160) ([tavplubix](https://github.com/tavplubix)).

### ClickHouse release v20.9.3.45-stable (2020-10-09)[​](#clickhouse-release-v209345-stable-2020-10-09 "Direct link to ClickHouse release v20.9.3.45-stable (2020-10-09)")

#### Bug Fix[​](#bug-fix-14 "Direct link to Bug Fix")

- Fix error `Cannot find column` which may happen at insertion into `MATERIALIZED VIEW` in case if query for `MV` containes `ARRAY JOIN`. [#15717](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15717) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
- Fix race condition in AMQP-CPP. [#15667](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15667) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix the order of destruction for resources in `ReadFromStorage` step of query plan. It might cause crashes in rare cases. Possibly connected with [#15610](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15610). [#15645](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15645) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
- Fixed `Element ... is not a constant expression` error when using `JSON*` function result in `VALUES`, `LIMIT` or right side of `IN` operator. [#15589](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15589) ([tavplubix](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
- Prevent the possibility of error message `Could not calculate available disk space (statvfs), errno: 4, strerror: Interrupted system call`. This fixes [#15541](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15541). [#15557](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15557) ([alexey-milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Significantly reduce memory usage in AggregatingInOrderTransform/optimize\_aggregation\_in\_order. [#15543](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15543) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Mutation might hang waiting for some non-existent part after `MOVE` or `REPLACE PARTITION` or, in rare cases, after `DETACH` or `DROP PARTITION`. It's fixed. [#15537](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15537) ([tavplubix](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
- Fix bug when `ILIKE` operator stops being case insensitive if `LIKE` with the same pattern was executed. [#15536](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15536) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix `Missing columns` errors when selecting columns which absent in data, but depend on other columns which also absent in data. Fixes [#15530](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15530). [#15532](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15532) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix bug with event subscription in DDLWorker which rarely may lead to query hangs in `ON CLUSTER`. Introduced in [#13450](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/13450). [#15477](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15477) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Report proper error when the second argument of `boundingRatio` aggregate function has a wrong type. [#15407](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15407) ([detailyang](https://github.com/detailyang)).
- Fix bug where queries like `SELECT toStartOfDay(today())` fail complaining about empty time\_zone argument. [#15319](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15319) ([Bharat Nallan](https://github.com/bharatnc)).
- Fix race condition during MergeTree table rename and background cleanup. [#15304](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15304) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix rare race condition on server startup when system.logs are enabled. [#15300](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15300) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix MSan report in QueryLog. Uninitialized memory can be used for the field `memory_usage`. [#15258](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15258) ([alexey-milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Fix instance crash when using joinGet with LowCardinality types. This fixes [#15214](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15214). [#15220](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15220) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- Fix bug in table engine `Buffer` which does not allow to insert data of new structure into `Buffer` after `ALTER` query. Fixes [#15117](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15117). [#15192](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15192) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Adjust decimals field size in mysql column definition packet. [#15152](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15152) ([maqroll](https://github.com/maqroll)).
- Fixed `Cannot rename ... errno: 22, strerror: Invalid argument` error on DDL query execution in Atomic database when running clickhouse-server in docker on Mac OS. [#15024](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15024) ([tavplubix](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
- Fix to make predicate push down work when subquery contains finalizeAggregation function. Fixes [#14847](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/14847). [#14937](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/14937) ([filimonov](https://github.com/filimonov)).
- Fix a problem where the server may get stuck on startup while talking to ZooKeeper, if the configuration files have to be fetched from ZK (using the `from_zk` include option). This fixes [#14814](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/14814). [#14843](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/14843) ([Alexander Kuzmenkov](https://github.com/akuzm)).

#### Improvement[​](#improvement-7 "Direct link to Improvement")

- Now it's possible to change the type of version column for `VersionedCollapsingMergeTree` with `ALTER` query. [#15442](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/15442) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).

### ClickHouse release v20.9.2.20, 2020-09-22[​](#clickhouse-release-v209220-2020-09-22 "Direct link to ClickHouse release v20.9.2.20, 2020-09-22")

#### Backward Incompatible Change[​](#backward-incompatible-change-3 "Direct link to Backward Incompatible Change")

- When upgrading from versions older than 20.5, if rolling update is performed and cluster contains both versions 20.5 or greater and less than 20.5, if ClickHouse nodes with old versions are restarted and old version has been started up in presence of newer versions, it may lead to `Part ... intersects previous part` errors. To prevent this error, first install newer clickhouse-server packages on all cluster nodes and then do restarts (so, when clickhouse-server is restarted, it will start up with the new version).

#### New Feature[​](#new-feature-3 "Direct link to New Feature")

- Added column transformers `EXCEPT`, `REPLACE`, `APPLY`, which can be applied to the list of selected columns (after `*` or `COLUMNS(...)`). For example, you can write `SELECT * EXCEPT(URL) REPLACE(number + 1 AS number)`. Another example: `select * apply(length) apply(max) from wide_string_table` to find out the maxium length of all string columns. [#14233](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/14233) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- Added an aggregate function `rankCorr` which computes a rank correlation coefficient. [#11769](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/11769) ([antikvist](https://github.com/antikvist)) [#14411](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/14411) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
- Added table function `view` which turns a subquery into a table object. This helps passing queries around. For instance, it can be used in remote/cluster table functions. [#12567](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/12567) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).