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+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <clickhouse/client.h>
+
+namespace ch = clickhouse;
+
+int main()
+{
+
+    try {
+
+        // Setup the client configuration options
+        auto client_options = ch::ClientOptions{}
+            .SetHost("you.clickhouse.host.com")    // Set your clickhouse host here
+            .SetUser("the_user")                   // Set your username here
+            .SetPassword("the#password1")          // Set your password here
+            .SetSSLOptions({})                     // Remove this line for plain-text connection,
+            .SetPort(9440);                        // and set port to 9000
+
+        // Create the client instance with the options above
+        auto client = ch::Client{client_options};
+
+
+        // Create a test table
+        client.Execute(R"(
+            CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE greetings (
+                id UInt64,
+                message String,
+                language String)
+            ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY id)");
+
+        // Create the columns to insert into the newly created table
+        auto id = std::make_shared<clickhouse::ColumnUInt64>();
+        auto message = std::make_shared<clickhouse::ColumnString>();
+        auto language = std::make_shared<clickhouse::ColumnString>();
+
+        // Add new the records to the column
+        id->Append(1);
+        message->Append("Hello, World!");
+        language->Append("English");
+
+        id->Append(2);
+        message->Append("¡Hola, Mundo!");
+        language->Append("Spanish");
+
+        id->Append(3);
+        message->Append("Hallo wereld!");
+        language->Append("Dutch");
+
+        // Form a block to send it with the insert statement
+        ch::Block block{};
+        block.AppendColumn("id", id);
+        block.AppendColumn("message", message);
+        block.AppendColumn("language", language);
+
+        // Insert the data into the table using ClickHouse Native protocol
+        client.Insert("greetings", block);
+
+
+        client.BeginSelect("SELECT id, message, language FROM greetings");
+        while (auto block = client.NextBlock()) {
+            auto id = block->At(0)->AsStrict<ch::ColumnUInt64>();
+            auto message = block->At(1)->AsStrict<ch::ColumnString>();
+            auto language = block->At(2)->AsStrict<ch::ColumnString>();
+
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < block->GetRowCount(); ++i) {
+                std::cout << id->At(i) << "\t"
+                          << message->At(i) << "\t"
+                          << language->At(i) << "\n";
+            }
+        }
+
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception & ex) {
+        std::cerr << "Exception: " << ex.what() << "\n";
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    catch (...) {
+        std::cerr << "Unknown exception\n";
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+}