CREATE TABLE src_null(a bigint) STORED AS TEXTFILE; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../../data/files/nulls.txt' INTO TABLE src_null; create table all_nulls as SELECT a, cast(a as double) as b, cast(a as decimal) as c FROM src_null where a is null limit 5; analyze table all_nulls compute statistics for columns; describe formatted all_nulls.a; describe formatted all_nulls.b; drop table all_nulls; drop table src_null;