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