v.23.9Improvement

Allow reading unusual chunk configurations from Arrow/Parquet formats

Allow reading some unusual configuration of chunks from Arrow/Parquet formats. #54370 (Arthur Passos).
Added support in ClickHouse for reading data with unusual chunk configurations from Arrow and Parquet file formats.

Why it matters

This feature enables ClickHouse to correctly interpret and process Arrow and Parquet files that have non-standard chunk layouts, improving compatibility with diverse datasets and data sources that produce such files.

How to use it

No special configuration is needed to use this feature; ClickHouse automatically handles unusual chunk configurations when reading Arrow or Parquet files via existing file ingestion methods.