set allow_suspicious_low_cardinality_types = 1; SELECT CAST(NULL, 'LowCardinality(Nullable(Int8))'); drop table if exists lc_null_int8_defnull; CREATE TABLE lc_null_int8_defnull (val LowCardinality(Nullable(Int8)) DEFAULT NULL) ENGINE = MergeTree order by tuple(); insert into lc_null_int8_defnull values (1); select * from lc_null_int8_defnull values; alter table lc_null_int8_defnull add column val2 LowCardinality(Nullable(Int8)) DEFAULT NULL; insert into lc_null_int8_defnull values (2, 3); select * from lc_null_int8_defnull order by val; drop table if exists lc_null_int8_defnull;