How to Convert Ordinary to Atomic

Clickhouse Howto Convert Ordinary to Atomic

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  • Implemented automatic conversion of database engine from Ordinary to Atomic. Create empty convert_ordinary_to_atomic file in flags directory and all Ordinary databases will be converted automatically on next server start. Resolves #39546. #39933 (Alexander Tokmakov)

Example How to Convert Ordinary to Atomic

CREATE DATABASE db ENGINE=Ordinary;
CREATE TABLE db.test(A Int64) ENGINE=MergeTree ORDER BY A;

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW db.test_mv(A Int64) 
ENGINE=MergeTree ORDER BY A AS SELECT * FROM db.test;

INSERT INTO db.test SELECT * FROM numbers(1000);

CREATE DATABASE db_temp ENGINE=Atomic;

RENAME TABLE db.test TO db_temp.test;
RENAME TABLE db.test_mv TO db_temp.test_mv;

DROP DATABASE db;
RENAME DATABASE db_temp TO db;

USE db;
SHOW TABLES;
┌─name───────────────────────────────────────────┐
 .inner_id.37db402c-fc46-421d-b7db-402cfc46921d 
 test                                           
 test_mv                                        
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

INSERT INTO db.test SELECT * FROM numbers(1000);

SELECT count() FROM test;
┌─count()─┐
    2000 
└─────────┘

SELECT count() FROM test_mv;
┌─count()─┐
    2000 
└─────────┘

SHOW CREATE DATABASE db;
┌─statement─────────────────────────┐
 CREATE DATABASE db
ENGINE = Atomic 
└───────────────────────────────────┘