diff --git a/regression-test/data/variant_p0/load.out b/regression-test/data/variant_p0/load.out
index a3d237dc15..3a701a5db7 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/variant_p0/load.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/variant_p0/load.out
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 15
 
 -- !sql_2 --
-123456789101112
 1
 123
 123456
+123456789101112
 
 -- !sql_4 --
 123	\N	{"A":123}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 -- !sql_6 --
 \N	\N
 \N	\N
-"123"	\N
+123	\N
 \N	1
 \N	123
 1.10111	1800
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 [123]
 
 -- !sql_25 --
-50000	55000.00000000226	6150000
+50000	54999.99999995274	6150000
 
 -- !sql_26 --
 5000
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/variant_p0/load.groovy b/regression-test/suites/variant_p0/load.groovy
index a8793bddec..580b15524a 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/variant_p0/load.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/variant_p0/load.groovy
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ suite("regression_test_variant", "variant_type"){
         create_table table_name
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (1, '{"c" : "123"}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (2, '{"c" : 123}');"""
-        sql """insert into ${table_name} values (3, '{"cc" : [123]}');"""
+        sql """insert into ${table_name} values (3, '{"cc" : [123.0]}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (4, '{"cc" : [123.1]}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (5, '{"ccc" : 123}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (6, '{"ccc" : 123321}');"""
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ suite("regression_test_variant", "variant_type"){
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (2,  '{"A" : 1}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (4,  '{"A" : 123456}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (8,  '{"A" : 123456789101112}');"""
-        qt_sql_2 "select v:A from ${table_name} order by cast(v:A as int)"
+        qt_sql_2 "select v:A from ${table_name} order by cast(v:A as bigint)"
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (12,  '{"AA" : [123456]}');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (14,  '{"AA" : [123456789101112]}');"""
         // qt_sql_3 "select v:AA from ${table_name} where size(v:AA) > 0 order by k"
-        qt_sql_4 "select v:A, v:AA, v from ${table_name} order by k"
+        qt_sql_4 "select cast(v:A as string), v:AA, v from ${table_name} order by k"
         qt_sql_5 "select v:A, v:AA, v, v from ${table_name} where cast(v:A as bigint) > 123 order by k"
 
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (16,  '{"a" : 123.0, "A" : 191191, "c": 123}');"""
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ suite("regression_test_variant", "variant_type"){
         // sql """insert into ${table_name} values (12,  '{"a" : [123]}, "c": "123456"');"""
         sql """insert into ${table_name} values (22,  '{"a" : 1.1111, "A" : 17211, "c" : 111111}');"""
         sql "sync"
-        qt_sql_6 "select v:a, v:A from ${table_name} order by cast(v:A as bigint), k"
+        qt_sql_6 "select cast(v:a as string), v:A from ${table_name} order by cast(v:A as bigint), k"
         qt_sql_7 "select k, v:A from ${table_name} where cast(v:A as bigint) >= 1 order by cast(v:A as bigint), k"
 
         // FIXME: if not cast, then v:a could return "123" or 123 which is none determinately