v.20.11Improvement
Add LowCardinality Support in Avro Format
Why it matters
This feature addresses the lack ofLowCardinality support when reading from or writing to the Avro data format in ClickHouse. It enables efficient storage and processing of categorical data with low cardinality when using Avro, improving compatibility and performance.How to use it
To use this feature, users can now insert and select data withLowCardinality columns in tables that use the Avro format without any special configuration. The support is integrated transparently when specifying Avro as the input or output format.