classmethod
diff --git a/‎src/helper.ts
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎src/helper.ts
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎test/index.test.ts
Lines changed: 39 additions & 0 deletions b/‎test/index.test.ts
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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function cleanUpPaginatedDML(
     if (!Data) return acc;
 
     const rowObject = Data?.reduce((acc, row, index) => {
-      if (row.VarCharValue) {
+      if (row.VarCharValue !== undefined && row.VarCharValue !== null) {
         // use mutable operation for performance
         acc[columnNames[index]] = row.VarCharValue;
       }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function addDataType(
   > = {};
 
   for (const key in input) {
-    if (!input[key]) {
+    if (input[key] === null || input[key] === undefined) {
       updatedObjectWithDataType[key] = null;
     } else {
       switch (dataTypes[key]) {
 
@@ -312,3 +312,42 @@ test("throw exception when query is respond as failed", async () => {
     "No QueryExecutionId was responded."
   );
 });
+
+test.only("If empty string is returned from AthenaSDK, it will be returned as an empty string", async () => {
+  athenaMock
+    .on(StartQueryExecutionCommand)
+    .resolves({ QueryExecutionId: "test-QueryExecutionId" })
+    .on(GetQueryExecutionCommand)
+    .resolves({ QueryExecution: { Status: { State: "SUCCEEDED" } } })
+    .on(GetQueryResultsCommand)
+    .resolves({
+      ResultSet: {
+        ResultSetMetadata: {
+          ColumnInfo: [
+            { Name: "nullValue", Type: "unknown" },
+            { Name: "emptyValue", Type: "varchar" },
+          ],
+        },
+        Rows: [
+          {
+            // header row
+            Data: [
+              { VarCharValue: "nullValue" },
+              { VarCharValue: "emptyValue" },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            Data: [{}, { VarCharValue: "" }],
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+
+  const athenaQuery = new AthenaQuery(athena);
+  const resultGen = athenaQuery.query("");
+  const res1 = await resultGen.next();
+  expect(res1.value).toEqual({
+    // nullValue is removed from the object
+    emptyValue: "",
+  });
+});