DROP TABLE IF EXISTS nullable_00571; CREATE TABLE nullable_00571 (x String) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY x; INSERT INTO nullable_00571 VALUES ('hello'), ('world'); SELECT * FROM nullable_00571; ALTER TABLE nullable_00571 ADD COLUMN n Nullable(UInt64); SELECT * FROM nullable_00571; ALTER TABLE nullable_00571 DROP COLUMN n; ALTER TABLE nullable_00571 ADD COLUMN n Nullable(UInt64) DEFAULT NULL; SELECT * FROM nullable_00571; ALTER TABLE nullable_00571 DROP COLUMN n; ALTER TABLE nullable_00571 ADD COLUMN n Nullable(UInt64) DEFAULT 0; SELECT * FROM nullable_00571; DROP TABLE nullable_00571;