diff --git a/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.cpp b/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.cpp
index bcfa3e9eb..48bdd7031 100755
--- a/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.cpp
+++ b/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.cpp
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ void Row::initToNull()
 				*((uint64_t *) &data[offsets[i]]) = joblist::DATETIMENULL; break;
 			case CalpontSystemCatalog::CHAR:
 			case CalpontSystemCatalog::VARCHAR:
+            case CalpontSystemCatalog::TEXT:
 			case CalpontSystemCatalog::STRINT: {
 				if (inStringTable(i)) {
 					setStringField(joblist::CPNULLSTRMARK, i);
@@ -652,6 +653,7 @@ void Row::initToNull()
 				break;
 			}
 			case CalpontSystemCatalog::VARBINARY:
+            case CalpontSystemCatalog::BLOB:
 				*((uint16_t *) &data[offsets[i]]) = 0; break;
 			case CalpontSystemCatalog::DECIMAL:
 			case CalpontSystemCatalog::UDECIMAL:
@@ -679,11 +681,6 @@ void Row::initToNull()
 				memset(&data[offsets[i]], 0xFF, getColumnWidth(i));
 				break;
 			}
-			case CalpontSystemCatalog::BLOB:
-            case CalpontSystemCatalog::TEXT: {
-				memset(&data[offsets[i]], 0xFF, getColumnWidth(i));
-				break;
-			}
 			default:
 				ostringstream os;
 				os << "Row::initToNull(): got bad column type (" << types[i] <<