настройки сеанса use_variant_*

SET use_variant_as_common_type = 1;
SELECT toTypeName(if(number % 2, number, range(number))) as variant_type FROM numbers(1);
SELECT if(number % 2, number, range(number)) as variant FROM numbers(5);

┌─variant_type───────────────────┐
│ Variant(Array(UInt64), UInt64) │
└────────────────────────────────┘
┌─variant───┐
│ []        │
│ 1         │
│ [0,1]     │
│ 3         │
│ [0,1,2,3] │
└───────────┘

SET use_variant_as_common_type = 1;
SELECT toTypeName(multiIf((number % 4) = 0, 42, (number % 4) = 1, [1, 2, 3], (number % 4) = 2, 'Hello, World!', NULL)) AS variant_type FROM numbers(1);
SELECT multiIf((number % 4) = 0, 42, (number % 4) = 1, [1, 2, 3], (number % 4) = 2, 'Hello, World!', NULL) AS variant FROM numbers(4);

─variant_type─────────────────────────┐
│ Variant(Array(UInt8), String, UInt8) │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─variant───────┐
│ 42            │
│ [1,2,3]       │
│ Hello, World! │
│ ᴺᵁᴸᴸ          │
└───────────────┘

SET use_variant_as_common_type = 1;
SELECT toTypeName(array(range(number), number, 'str_' || toString(number))) as array_of_variants_type from numbers(1);
SELECT array(range(number), number, 'str_' || toString(number)) as array_of_variants FROM numbers(3);

┌─array_of_variants_type────────────────────────┐
│ Array(Variant(Array(UInt64), String, UInt64)) │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─array_of_variants─┐
│ [[],0,'str_0']    │
│ [[0],1,'str_1']   │
│ [[0,1],2,'str_2'] │
└───────────────────┘

SET use_variant_as_common_type = 1;
SELECT toTypeName(map('a', range(number), 'b', number, 'c', 'str_' || toString(number))) as map_of_variants_type from numbers(1);
SELECT map('a', range(number), 'b', number, 'c', 'str_' || toString(number)) as map_of_variants FROM numbers(3);

┌─map_of_variants_type────────────────────────────────┐
│ Map(String, Variant(Array(UInt64), String, UInt64)) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─map_of_variants───────────────┐
│ {'a':[],'b':0,'c':'str_0'}    │
│ {'a':[0],'b':1,'c':'str_1'}   │
│ {'a':[0,1],'b':2,'c':'str_2'} │
└───────────────────────────────┘