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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.query.hql;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Tuple;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.JiraKey;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+
+@DomainModel(
+		annotatedClasses = {
+				UnionAllSelectNullTest.TestEntity.class,
+				UnionAllSelectNullTest.AnotherTestEntity.class
+		}
+)
+@SessionFactory
+@JiraKey("HHH-18720")
+class UnionAllSelectNullTest {
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					session.persist( new TestEntity( 1L, "a" ) );
+					session.persist( new AnotherTestEntity( 2L, "b" ) );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@AfterEach
+	public void tearDown(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					session.createQuery( "delete TestEntity" ).executeUpdate();
+					session.createQuery( "delete AnotherTestEntity" ).executeUpdate();
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testSelect(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					List<Tuple> resultList = session.createQuery(
+									"SELECT te.id as id from TestEntity te"
+											+ " union all SELECT null as id from AnotherTestEntity ate"
+									, Tuple.class )
+							.getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 2 );
+					assertResultIsCorrect( resultList, 1L, null );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testSelect2(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					List<Tuple> resultList = session.createQuery(
+									"SELECT null as id from TestEntity te"
+											+ " union all SELECT ate.id as id from AnotherTestEntity ate"
+									, Tuple.class )
+							.getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 2 );
+					assertResultIsCorrect( resultList, null, 2L );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testSelect3(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					List<Tuple> resultList = session.createQuery(
+									"SELECT te.id as id from TestEntity te"
+											+ " union all SELECT ate.id as id from AnotherTestEntity ate"
+									, Tuple.class )
+							.getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 2 );
+					assertResultIsCorrect( resultList, 1L, 2L );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	private static void assertResultIsCorrect(List<Tuple> resultList, Long id1, Long id2) {
+		Set<Long> ids = new HashSet<>( 2 );
+		ids.add( (Long) resultList.get( 0 ).get( "id" ) );
+		ids.add( (Long) resultList.get( 1 ).get( "id" ) );
+		assertThat( ids.contains( id1 ) ).as( "Result does not contain expected value:" + id1 ).isTrue();
+		assertThat( ids.contains( id2 ) ).as( "Result does not contain expected value:" + id2 ).isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "TestEntity")
+	public static class TestEntity {
+
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public TestEntity() {
+		}
+
+		public TestEntity(Long id, String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "AnotherTestEntity")
+	public static class AnotherTestEntity {
+
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public AnotherTestEntity() {
+		}
+
+		public AnotherTestEntity(Long id, String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+}