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# enable_block_* MergeTree table settings

> ClickHouse MergeTree table settings in the enable_block_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.merge\_tree\_settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/merge_tree_settings) and are autogenerated from ClickHouse source.

<h2 id="enable_block_number_column">
  enable\_block\_number\_column
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

Enable persisting column \_block\_number for each row.

<h2 id="enable_block_offset_column">
  enable\_block\_offset\_column
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

Persists virtual column `_block_offset` on merges.