DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS db4741; CREATE DATABASE db4741; USE db4741; CREATE TABLE t (x VARCHAR(5) DEFAULT '') engine = columnstore; LOAD DATA LOCAL infile 'MTR_SUITE_DIR/../std_data/mcol-4741-part-1-strings-and-nulls.txt' INTO TABLE t; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t WHERE x='val'; COUNT(*) 2 LOAD DATA LOCAL infile 'MTR_SUITE_DIR/../std_data/mcol-4741-part-2-empty-strings.txt' INTO TABLE t; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t WHERE x='val'; COUNT(*) 2