SELECT toFixedString('', 4) AS str, empty(str) AS is_empty; SELECT toFixedString('\0abc', 4) AS str, empty(str) AS is_empty; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS defaulted; CREATE TABLE defaulted (v6 FixedString(16)) ENGINE=Memory; INSERT INTO defaulted SELECT toFixedString('::0', 16) FROM numbers(32768); SELECT count(), notEmpty(v6) e FROM defaulted GROUP BY e; DROP TABLE defaulted;