diff --git a/dbms/src/Core/iostream_debug_helpers.cpp b/dbms/src/Core/iostream_debug_helpers.cpp
index 9f9274e8b28..acd27918036 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Core/iostream_debug_helpers.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Core/iostream_debug_helpers.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::NameAndTypePair & wha
 
 std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::IDataType & what)
 {
-    stream << "IDataType(name = " << what.getName() << ", default = " << what.getDefault();
+    stream << "IDataType(name = " << what.getName() << ", default = " << what.getDefault() << ")";
     return stream;
 }
 
@@ -67,17 +67,34 @@ std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::Block & what)
     return stream;
 }
 
+
+#include <Common/COWPtr.h>
+
+template <typename T>
+std::ostream & printCOWPtr(std::ostream & stream, const typename COWPtr<T>::Ptr & what)
+{
+    stream << "COWPtr::Ptr(" << what.get();
+    if (what)
+        stream << ", use_count = " << what->use_count();
+    stream << ") {";
+    if (what)
+        stream << *what;
+    else
+        stream << "nullptr";
+    stream << "}";
+    return stream;
+}
+
+
 std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::ColumnWithTypeAndName & what)
 {
-    stream << "ColumnWithTypeAndName(name = " << what.name << ", type = " << what.type << ", column = " << what.column << ")";
-    return stream;
+    stream << "ColumnWithTypeAndName(name = " << what.name << ", type = " << what.type << ", column = ";
+    return printCOWPtr<DB::IColumn>(stream, what.column) << ")";
 }
 
 std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::IColumn & what)
 {
-    stream << "IColumn(name = " << what.getName()
-           // TODO: maybe many flags here
-           << ")";
+    stream << "IColumn(" << what.dumpStructure() << ")";
     return stream;
 }
 
@@ -116,7 +133,7 @@ std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::IAST & what)
 std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const DB::ExpressionAnalyzer & what)
 {
     stream << "ExpressionAnalyzer{"
-           << "hasAggregation="<<what.hasAggregation()
+           << "hasAggregation=" << what.hasAggregation()
            << ", RequiredColumns=" << what.getRequiredColumns()
            << ", SubqueriesForSet=" << what.getSubqueriesForSets()
            << ", ExternalTables=" << what.getExternalTables()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExpressionActions.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExpressionActions.cpp
index d07fdcfe7b5..fc7c29489f7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExpressionActions.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExpressionActions.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,18 @@ void ExpressionAction::prepare(Block & sample_block)
                 /// If the result is not a constant, just in case, we will consider the result as unknown.
                 ColumnWithTypeAndName & col = sample_block.safeGetByPosition(result_position);
                 if (!col.column->isColumnConst())
+                {
                     col.column = nullptr;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    /// All constant (literal) columns in block are added with size 1.
+                    /// But if there was no columns in block before executing a function, the result has size 0.
+                    /// Change the size to 1.
+
+                    if (col.column->empty())
+                        col.column = col.column->cloneResized(1);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/libs/libcommon/include/common/iostream_debug_helpers.h b/libs/libcommon/include/common/iostream_debug_helpers.h
index 2f8bb9237a0..14998cfdbec 100644
--- a/libs/libcommon/include/common/iostream_debug_helpers.h
+++ b/libs/libcommon/include/common/iostream_debug_helpers.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const std::chrono::time_point<c
 template <typename T>
 std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const std::shared_ptr<T> & what)
 {
-    stream << "shared_ptr("<< what.get() <<", use_count = " << what.use_count() << ") {";
+    stream << "shared_ptr(" << what.get() <<", use_count = " << what.use_count() << ") {";
     if (what)
         stream << *what;
     else
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const std::shared_ptr<T> & what
 template <typename T>
 std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & stream, const std::unique_ptr<T> & what)
 {
-    stream << "unique_ptr("<< what.get() <<") {";
+    stream << "unique_ptr(" << what.get() <<") {";
     if (what)
         stream << *what;
     else