diff --git a/docs/src/examples/index.md b/docs/src/examples/index.md
index 296fb6c0..088e1ea4 100644
--- a/docs/src/examples/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/examples/index.md
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ Now we have all the components to construct the final query:
         ORDER BY "condition_occurrence_1"."condition_occurrence_id"
       ) AS "condition_occurrence_2"
       WHERE (EXISTS (
-        SELECT NULL
+        SELECT NULL AS "_"
         FROM "visit_occurrence" AS "visit_occurrence_1"
         JOIN "base_3" AS "base_4" ON ("visit_occurrence_1"."visit_concept_id" = "base_4"."concept_id")
         WHERE
diff --git a/docs/src/guide/index.md b/docs/src/guide/index.md
index e91dc79a..a25d4e4e 100644
--- a/docs/src/guide/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/guide/index.md
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ expression evaluated in the context of the outer query.
       "visit_occurrence_1"."visit_source_concept_id"
     FROM "visit_occurrence" AS "visit_occurrence_1"
     WHERE (EXISTS (
-      SELECT NULL
+      SELECT NULL AS "_"
       FROM "condition_occurrence" AS "condition_occurrence_1"
       WHERE
         ("condition_occurrence_1"."person_id" = "visit_occurrence_1"."person_id") AND
diff --git a/docs/src/test/nodes.md b/docs/src/test/nodes.md
index 98166c85..017e74d4 100644
--- a/docs/src/test/nodes.md
+++ b/docs/src/test/nodes.md
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ Query variables could be bound using the `Bind` constructor.
       "person_1"."location_id"
     FROM "person" AS "person_1"
     WHERE (EXISTS (
-      SELECT NULL
+      SELECT NULL AS "_"
       FROM "visit_occurrence" AS "visit_occurrence_1"
       WHERE ("visit_occurrence_1"."person_id" = "person_1"."person_id")
     ))
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ subquery.
       GROUP BY "visit_occurrence_1"."person_id"
     ) AS "visit_occurrence_2"
     WHERE (EXISTS (
-      SELECT NULL
+      SELECT NULL AS "_"
       FROM "observation" AS "observation_1"
       WHERE
         ("observation_1"."person_id" = "visit_occurrence_2"."person_id") AND
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ A function invocation may include a nested query.
     print(render(q))
     #=>
     SELECT (EXISTS (
-      SELECT NULL
+      SELECT NULL AS "_"
       FROM "person" AS "person_1"
       WHERE ("person_1"."year_of_birth" > 1950)
     )) AS "exists"
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ An `Append` without any queries can be created explicitly.
     #-> Append(args = [])
 
     print(render(q))
-    #-> SELECT NULL
+    #-> SELECT NULL AS "_"
 
 Without an explicit `Select`, the output of `Append` includes the common
 columns of the nested queries.
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ An alias to an expression can be added with the `As` constructor.
 
     print(render(q))
     #=>
-    SELECT NULL
+    SELECT NULL AS "_"
     FROM "person" AS "person_1"
     =#
 
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ has no columns.
 
     print(render(q))
     #=>
-    SELECT NULL
+    SELECT NULL AS "_"
     FROM "empty" AS "empty_1"
     WHERE FALSE
     =#
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ All the columns of a tabular function must have distinct names.
 
     print(render(q))
     #=>
-    SELECT NULL
+    SELECT NULL AS "_"
     =#
 
 
@@ -1606,12 +1606,12 @@ We can create a temporary dataset using `With` and refer to it with `From`.
     print(render(q))
     #=>
     WITH "male_1" ("_") AS (
-      SELECT NULL
+      SELECT NULL AS "_"
       FROM "person" AS "person_1"
       WHERE ("person_1"."gender_concept_id" = 8507)
     ),
     "female_1" ("_") AS (
-      SELECT NULL
+      SELECT NULL AS "_"
       FROM "person" AS "person_2"
       WHERE ("person_2"."gender_concept_id" = 8532)
     )
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ the group key expression.
         Group()
 
     print(render(q))
-    #-> SELECT NULL
+    #-> SELECT NULL AS "_"
 
 A `SELECT DISTINCT` query must include all the keys even when they are not used
 downstream.
diff --git a/src/nodes/bind.jl b/src/nodes/bind.jl
index b4236ceb..9abf6326 100644
--- a/src/nodes/bind.jl
+++ b/src/nodes/bind.jl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ julia> print(render(q, tables = [person, visit_occurrence]))
 SELECT "person_1"."person_id"
 FROM "person" AS "person_1"
 WHERE (EXISTS (
-  SELECT NULL
+  SELECT NULL AS "_"
   FROM "visit_occurrence" AS "visit_occurrence_1"
   WHERE ("visit_occurrence_1"."person_id" = "person_1"."person_id")
 ))
diff --git a/src/translate.jl b/src/translate.jl
index ac320c66..a66d3d8a 100644
--- a/src/translate.jl
+++ b/src/translate.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function complete(cols::OrderedDict{Symbol, SQLClause})
         push!(args, col)
     end
     if isempty(args)
-        push!(args, LIT(missing))
+        push!(args, AS(over = LIT(missing), name = :_))
     end
     args
 end