diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/null_char.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/null_char.sim
index bbb8dd4448374c4cad4a01e696a898d3404b51f3..09e761c85e68b1bc7a4464901080353936a4d8e5 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/null_char.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/null_char.sim
@@ -212,12 +212,11 @@ if $data00 != shanghai then
 endi
 
 ##### test 'space' case
-$tagvalue = ''
-$tagvalue = $tagvalue '
+system_content echo '   ' | sed 's/ //g' | tr -d '\n' # Construct an empty result for later result checking
 sql alter table st41 set tag tag_binary = ""
 sql select tag_binary, tag_nchar, tag_int, tag_bool, tag_float, tag_double from  st41
-if $data00 != @@ then
-  print expect , actual $data00
+if $data00 != $system_content  then
+  print expect [ $system_content ], actual [ $data00 ]
   return -1
 endi
 
@@ -498,4 +497,4 @@ sql_error alter table st51 set tag tag_tinyint = abc379
 #sql drop database $db
 
 
-system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT
\ No newline at end of file
+system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT