CREATE TABLE test_hll ( `id` INT PRIMARY KEY, `value` STRING, `ts` timestamp time index default now() ); Affected Rows: 0 INSERT INTO test_hll (`id`, `value`) VALUES (1, "a"), (2, "b"), (5, "e"), (6, "f"), (7, "g"), (8, "h"), (9, "i"), (10, "j"), (11, "i"), (12, "j"), (13, "i"), (14, "n"), (15, "o"); Affected Rows: 13 select hll_count(hll(`value`)) from test_hll; +--------------------------------+ | hll_count(hll(test_hll.value)) | +--------------------------------+ | 10 | +--------------------------------+ INSERT INTO test_hll (`id`, `value`) VALUES (16, "b"), (17, "i"), (18, "j"), (19, "s"), (20, "t"); Affected Rows: 5 select hll_count(hll(`value`)) from test_hll; +--------------------------------+ | hll_count(hll(test_hll.value)) | +--------------------------------+ | 12 | +--------------------------------+ create table test_hll_merge ( `id` INT PRIMARY KEY, `state` BINARY, `ts` timestamp time index default now() ); Affected Rows: 0 insert into test_hll_merge (`id`, `state`) select 1, hll(`value`) from test_hll; Affected Rows: 1 insert into test_hll_merge (`id`, `state`) select 2, hll(`value`) from test_hll; Affected Rows: 1 select hll_count(hll_merge(`state`)) from test_hll_merge; +--------------------------------------------+ | hll_count(hll_merge(test_hll_merge.state)) | +--------------------------------------------+ | 12 | +--------------------------------------------+ drop table test_hll; Affected Rows: 0 drop table test_hll_merge; Affected Rows: 0